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  2. Religion in Senegal - Wikipedia

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    According to "CIA World Factbook: Senegal" (2019 estimates), Islam is the predominant religion in the country, practiced by 97.2% of the country's population; the Christian community, at 2.7% of the population, and less than one percent practice Traditional African religions such as Serer spirituality, the spiritual beliefs of the Serer people.

  3. Ndut initiation rite - Wikipedia

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    The Ndut is a rite of passage as well as a religious education commanded by Serer religion that every Serer (an ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania) must go through once in their lifetime. The Serer people being an ethnoreligious group, [2] the Ndut initiation rite is also linked to Serer culture.

  4. Senegalese cuisine - Wikipedia

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    The cuisine of Senegal is a West African cuisine that derives from the nation's many ethnic groups, the largest being the Wolof, and is French-influenced. Islam, which first embraced the region in the 11th century, also plays a role in the cuisine. Senegal was a colony of France until 1960. From the time of its colonization, emigrants have ...

  5. Senegalese wrestling - Wikipedia

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    Senegalese wrestling match at the stade Demba Diop in Dakar. Senegalese wrestling (Njom in Serer, Lutte sénégalaise or simply Lutte avec frappe in French, Làmb in Wolof, Siɲɛta in Bambara) is a type of folk wrestling traditionally performed by several African tribes, from the Wolofs of West Africa to the Nuer and Dinka of South Sudan. and now a national sport in Senegal and parts of The ...

  6. Category:Oklahoma culture by city - Wikipedia

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    Culture of Oklahoma City (5 C, 13 P) T. Culture of Tulsa, Oklahoma (6 C, 32 P) This page was last edited on 13 April 2024, at 20:57 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  7. Balanta people - Wikipedia

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    The Balanta are fishermen, herders, and cultivators. They grow millet, rice, peanuts, cashews, and fruit for a cash crop. Their specialty is the culture of cashew which they derive from the apple wine cashew called Cadjou. The export to India of cashew nuts also provides an important economic force in the Balanta villages.

  8. Senegalese hip-hop - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the wide spread of hip hop in Senegal, traditional music was transcended through pre-ordained griots. The term griot, also known as gewel, can be defined as, "… traditional praise-singer, musician, social go-between, counselors, or dancer and acrobat," [3] These individuals were born into, "endogamous, professionally specialized group often referred to as a 'caste'."

  9. Lebu people - Wikipedia

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    Lebu traditions place their origins, like those of the Wolof and Serer, north of the Senegal river which is a frequent debate that sparks regarding the Lebu. There were Lebu at Lake Guiers by the 16th century, and by 1700 they had moved into the Cap Vert peninsula, expelling a few Mandinka tribes already there.