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Camping at the edge of the desert, Mali by Loravv
One of the most beautiful places I've ever camped was Dogon Country in Mali. The silence, the stars, the warm sand, the mysterious Doggone caves...it was all magical
- 15 January 2011
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Dogon Blacksmith by budgetguy
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.
- 30 March 2009 - Bandiagara, Mali
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Dogon Girl by budgetguy
A girl in a village in Dogon Country
- 15 March 2009 - Bandiagara, Mali
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Tellem & Dogon villages by alsalis
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.
- 25 July 2007 - Tirelli, Mali
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Village elder by alsalis
One of the Dogon elders relaxing in the shade of one of the village togunas (elder's huts)
- 25 July 2007 - Tirelli, Mali
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Dogon Drummers by alsalis
Two of the village elders in Tirelli who had just finished playing the drums for their traditional dance.
- 25 July 2007 - Tirelli, Mali
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Dogon Male Granary by alsalis
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
- 24 July 2007 - Tirelli, Mali
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Dogon Stilt Dancer by alsalis
One of the dancers putting on his 6 foot tall stilts which he then proceeded to dance on
- 24 July 2007 - Tirelli, Mali
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A Fulani woman by alsalis
A Fulani women carrying milk, in the bowl, to Tirelli to trade with the local Dogon tribe.
- 24 July 2007 - Tirelli, Mali
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Nomburi, mali by alsalis
The dogon village of Nomburi, with the Bandiagara escarpment in the background.
- 24 July 2007 - Tirelli, Mali
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Dogon Toguna in Dourou by alsalis
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
- 24 July 2007 - Bandiagara, Mali
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