Community is important, so they have a festival for the children to understand that there are new responsibilities that come with becoming an adult.
This tradition is very connected to the environment. All of the costumes and the temporary structures are made from forest materials. In addition, what the Baka worship is nature and the environment. They live in the forest, and the forest spirit is what controls everything for them. If something bad happens, the spirit is angry. If something good happens, the spirit is happy. The Baka are unique in that almost everything they do is connected to the environment because they live in the forest. Any food, medicine or building materials, come from the forest and their culture is directly tied to it.
