The ancestors introduced
the custom
The Baga say:
It’s the ancestors who gave us this custom. The land was pleasing, but there was no amusement. So they said:
” what shall we do to amuse the woman and children ?” someone got the idea for carving of D’mba. D’mba is not to-lom ( sacred), because we dance it with the women. You can recognize the person inside. You see his feet