MORIBAYASSA

Mamady said that this dance is especially for women who bear a child after a long period of infertility. Among married Mandeng women, he said that being childless is the greatest sadness and shame. When a woman finds herself at the end of all hope to conceive, she prays to God for a child, and promises that, if God would grant her a child, she will dance Moribayassa.

If the woman succeeds in bearing a child, after the birth, and a period of recuperation, she performs the dance. She dresses as a crazy person. She wears men's pants (normally this is not done). Her clothes are torn up. She ties her shoes to her head and wears other items on her feet, like a basket on one foot and (something else) on the other). She covers herself with stinking garbage. Then she makes a tour of the village, between 3 and 7 times, performing the dance. She is followed by the women of the village, who sing the song to go with the dance, and by a group of drummers.

Also (according to one source): A dance to fufill a promise to God when a long time trouble is solved.