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Mitsogo People make Tsogho Masks. Mitsogho say their ancestors migrated from an area in northeastern Gabon around the Ivindo River valley during the 13th and 14th centuries.  Tsogho style of art and masks and other sculpture works show links to other cultures around them like the Fang, Kota and Punu people. Mitsogo people carve figures whose primary purpose is to honour and guard the relics of those who came before them- ancestors. 
Mitsogo do shifting hoe farming in fields that have been carved out of the rain forests. This is supplemented when necessary with hunting, fishing, and livestock, such as goats, sheep, and chickens. Like other political systems in Africa, each village has a leader who has inherited his position based on his relationship to the founding family of that village. As a political leader, he often serves as an arbitrator and is equally recognized as a ritual specialist. 
During their ancestral worship ceremonies young men of the Tsogho are introduced by adults belonging to the Bwiti initiation society. At the end of the rites, spirits with masks and costumes appeared. 
