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Imposing figures that make a powerful statement piece

The Songye people believe in the rebirth of human and animal spirit. The benevolent spirits are believed to be reborn through the creation of these ancestral power figures, while malevolent spirits (bikudi) are unable to be reborn and are instead forced to roam the earth for eternity.

These wooden power figures would have thus served as protectors of the community from evil bikudi spirits.