Paper, ink, tempera. 1995.30 х 40 cm

This is a dance of Ezeulu, the shaman of Ulu -- the supreme deity of one of the Igbo villages. During the celebration of fresh pumpkin leaves the shaman serves as a mediator between spiritual and material world; he dances on the village square the dance - pledge for the indulgence of sins for all village. The half of his body painted with chalk is of spirit; the dark one - of earth. He holds in hands sticks of wood and of iron, which repel evil forces. At certain moment of the dance all women of the village throw down under his feet fresh pumpkin leaves symbolizing sins. The drawing created based on the book "Arrow of the God by nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.