Travel Photography > Featured photos taken in Mali and tagged as village
In the foreground are the distinctive Dogon buildings of the village of Irelli. And in the cliffs behind are the remains of the Tellem village that predates the Dogon one. Apparently the area was much wetter when the Tellem lived here and it's believed they used vines growing on the cliffs to get up and down.
One of the Dogon elders relaxing in the shade of one of the village togunas (elder's huts)
Two of the village elders in Tirelli who had just finished playing the drums for their traditional dance.
The dogon village of Nomburi, with the Bandiagara escarpment in the background.