Photos tagged as dogon

Dogon Blacksmith

A Blacksmith in Dogon Country burns a carved wooden statue black with a hot poker. If any of the other Dogons attempt to perform these activities themselves, a shameful curse would fall upon them.

Date: 30 March 2009
Photographer: budgetguy: gallery
Location: Bandiagara, Mali
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Dogon Girl

A girl in a village in Dogon Country

Date: 15 March 2009
Photographer: budgetguy: gallery
Location: Bandiagara, Mali
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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.

Date: 25 July 2007
Photographer: alsalis: gallery
Location: Tirelli, Mali
Tags: village dogon tellem
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Village elder

One of the Dogon elders relaxing in the shade of one of the village togunas (elder's huts)

Date: 25 July 2007
Photographer: alsalis: gallery
Location: Tirelli, Mali
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Dogon Drummers

Two of the village elders in Tirelli who had just finished playing the drums for their traditional dance.

Date: 25 July 2007
Photographer: alsalis: gallery
Location: Tirelli, Mali
Tags: village dogon
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Dogon Male Granary

The Male granary, with one door comapared to the four doors of a female one, contains the staple food for the family. The females are forbidden to look in it, supposedly because the wife would leave her husband if she knew he was running low on food. In the background is the sahel leading away from the Bandiagara Escarpment

Date: 24 July 2007
Photographer: alsalis: gallery
Location: Tirelli, Mali
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Dogon Stilt Dancer

One of the dancers putting on his 6 foot tall stilts which he then proceeded to dance on

Date: 24 July 2007
Photographer: alsalis: gallery
Location: Tirelli, Mali
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A Fulani woman

A Fulani women carrying milk, in the bowl, to Tirelli to trade with the local Dogon tribe.

Date: 24 July 2007
Photographer: alsalis: gallery
Location: Tirelli, Mali
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Nomburi, mali

The dogon village of Nomburi, with the Bandiagara escarpment in the background.

Date: 24 July 2007
Photographer: alsalis: gallery
Location: Tirelli, Mali
Tags: village dogon nomburi bandiagara
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Dogon Toguna in Dourou

The Toguna is the meeting place for village elders in Dogon villages. The roof is waist high, apparently to stop heated debates from getting too physical. This was in the village of dourou at sunset whilst we were racing to get to the next village before darkness, which we didn't manage

Date: 24 July 2007
Photographer: alsalis: gallery
Location: Dourou, Mali
Tags: dogon dourou toguna
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