Musée de Manega
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Musée de Manega or Manega Museum is a museum
located 55 km (34 mi) northwest of the city Ouagadougou
, in the village of Manega
, Burkina Faso
. It was established by Frédéric Pacéré Titinga
, a Burkinabé solicitor
and writer with over twenty books and 60 volumes to his name and with a keen interest in the culture of his native country.
It specializes in the arts and musical instruments of Burkina Faso. The museums contains the "The Boura flutes"
around forty funeral pieces, tubes, terracota jars and bracelet
s and elements which were used for ritual
s in the Niger Valley, dating from the 2nd to the 11th century . It is also known for its 200-year-old Mossi
rifles.
The museum has a hall of national Burkinabé culture and the so-called pavilions such as the Youyounse pavilion which presents an artistic display on spirituality and life elements.
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
located 55 km (34 mi) northwest of the city Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic center of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 1,475,223 . The city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. The inhabitants are called ouagalais...
, in the village of Manega
Manega
Manega is a town in the Kokologho Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso. It has a population of 1991....
, Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
. It was established by Frédéric Pacéré Titinga
Frédéric Pacéré Titinga
Titinga Frédéric Pacéré is a Burkinabé solicitor, writer, poet and griot and founder and curator of the Musée de Manega museum in Burkino Faso. He studied in Abidjan...
, a Burkinabé solicitor
Solicitor
Solicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...
and writer with over twenty books and 60 volumes to his name and with a keen interest in the culture of his native country.
It specializes in the arts and musical instruments of Burkina Faso. The museums contains the "The Boura flutes"
around forty funeral pieces, tubes, terracota jars and bracelet
Bracelet
A bracelet is an article of jewelry which is worn around the wrist. Bracelets can be manufactured from metal, leather, cloth, plastic or other materials and sometimes contain jewels, rocks, wood, and/or shells...
s and elements which were used for ritual
Ritual
A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value. It may be prescribed by a religion or by the traditions of a community. The term usually excludes actions which are arbitrarily chosen by the performers....
s in the Niger Valley, dating from the 2nd to the 11th century . It is also known for its 200-year-old Mossi
Mossi Kingdoms
The Mossi Kingdoms, sometimes mistakenly referred to as the Mossi Empire, were a trio of powerful states in modern-day Burkina Faso. Each state possessed similar customs and government, but were ruled independently of each other...
rifles.
The museum has a hall of national Burkinabé culture and the so-called pavilions such as the Youyounse pavilion which presents an artistic display on spirituality and life elements.