As the spirit dancers glide through their moves they are joined by the women, demonstrating the male-female union of fertitlity and longevity. The dancers eventually approach a bowl of peach palm drink guided by Mukuna women. Women are considered the ultimate masters of life, not only are they the procreators of new generations of clan members, but also the ‘mothers’ of the cultivated plants. Every women fulfils in her life the procreative role of the Ancestral Mother, the female creator of the world and the mother of all plants.

As the spirit dancers glide through their moves they are joined by the women, demonstrating the male-female union of fertitlity and longevity. The dancers eventually approach a bowl of peach palm drink guided by Mukuna women. Women are considered the ultimate masters of life, not only are they the procreators of new generations of clan members, but also the ‘mothers’ of the cultivated plants. Every women fulfils in her life the procreative role of the Ancestral Mother, the female creator of the world and the mother of all plants.