Purity and Pollution in Freetown: Masked Performance

Abstract

As the feast of Eid-Ul-Adha was celebrated yesterday, Freetown was not without its incidents ofdrama. It was a test of strength and will power between the police and masqueraders who went out to defy the ban on street performing. As the defiance continued police pounced. Scores of arrests were made and heavily armed policemen patrolled the streets the whole of the day. The mask of the popular Bloody Mary devil was seized by police at Fergusson Street as the group masqueraded in the street. As the devil was grabbed, the followers fled. Along Mountain Cut and Kroo Town Road, Siaka Stevens Street and Campbell Street, dancers were out as early as Monday night, the eve of the holiday. Much alcohol flowed as the night progressed and in the morning the streets were a sea of broken bottles. The police were put on the alert and the war of Wills began. And yesterday, by midday, teargass [sic] was used at a number of points.

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