Stock photography, photos: Abissa Festival - Ivory Coast Stock photos of The first week of November in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast heralds the Abissa festival. Residents don outlandish costumes and paint their faces - then target visitors and each other with harmless jokes. West Africa. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: africa, ivory coast, Cote d‚Ivoire, grand bassam, abissa, celebration, festival, west Africa, face paint