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According to this oral tradition, the first Dogon settlement was established in the extreme southwest of the escarpment at Kani-Na. [6] [7] Archaeological and ethnoarchaeological studies in the Dogon region have been especially revealing about the settlement and environmental history, and about social practices and technologies in this area ...
The Nommo or Nummo are primordial ancestral spirits in Dogon religion and cosmogony (sometimes referred to as demi deities) venerated by the Dogon people of Mali. [1] The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning "to make one drink." Nommos are usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures. Folk art depictions of ...
Dogon country in Mali is the most visited tourist area of the country, due to the Dogon people's rich cultural heritage. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Sangha, Mali is the heart of Dogon country with its rich history of Dogon religion , shrines and temples.
The Tellem (meaning: "those who were before us" or "We found them" in the Dogon language [1] [2]) were the people who inhabited the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali between the 11th and 16th centuries CE. [3] [4] The Dogon people migrated to the escarpment region around the 14th century. In the rock cells of this red cliff, clay constructions ...
Toloy dwellings, now abandoned, in the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali.. Toloy is the name given to the first occupants [1] of the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali.Since the 15th century, this area has been known as Dogon country.
The Bandiagara Escarpment (Arabic: منحدرات باندياغارا الصخرية, French: falaise de Bandiagara) is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country of Mali.It rises about 500 m (1,600 ft) above the lower sandy flats to the south, and has a length of approximately 150 km (90 mi).
Dogon people, an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa; Dogon languages, a small, close-knit language family spoken by the Dogon people of Mali; Dogon A.D., an album by saxophonist Julius Hemphill; Musa Dogon Yaro (1945-2008), Nigerian sprinter; Jean-Luc Dogon (born 1967), French football coach and a former ...
The hogon is central to a wide range of fertility and marriage rituals, which are closely related to Dogon origin myths. [ 5 ] The hogon may conduct rituals in the Sanctuaire de Binou , a special building the door of which is blocked with rocks.