Over the course of beete's proceedings, performances of a variety of different masks were used to divert the participants and, in so doing, afford them a shared experience of something extraordinary and marvelous to behold. Duiker antelopes figured prominently in a Kwele community's beete observance. Leon Siroto notes (1969:213) that many of the younger men embarked on a great weeklong net-hunt for these animals in the forest. The collaborative beete quest, which could last more than a month, generated a collective camaraderie. A successful hunt was interpreted as an indication that the forest was favorably disposed to the community's beete rites.