Dogon country

Images of the Dogon Country and the Bandiagara Escarpment.
Djiguibombo The Dogon country plateau is a desert region where little vegetation develops.
Pays Dogon At the bend of a wooded part we discover villages.
Djiguibombo Approach to the village of Djiguibombo.
Djiguibombo Village granaries, made with soil, wood branches and dried millet stems for the roof.
Djiguibombo Family in front of their granary and reserve crops.
Djiguibombo Women and children draw water from the well.
Djiguibombo Many household tasks are devolved to children, like here a little girl carrying water in a gourd from the well.
Djiguibombo Women returning from laundry at stream.
Djiguibombo Women pounding millet while singing to set the pace.
Djiguibombo Transport of firewood.
Djiguibombo Carved door of a house, with representations inspired by the Dogon cosmogony.
Djiguibombo The earthen church of the village.
Djiguibombo Not far from the church and the mockery, the animist house. Even if the Dogons are Muslim or Catholic, they practice all animist beliefs.
Djiguibombo The villagers take turns taking care of the maintenance of the Maison Animiste.
Djiguibombo Within the village itself is the Maison des Femmes. They come there during their menstruation to rest there.
Djiguibombo Inside the Toguna, also called ‟palaver‟, it is often frequented by the oldest in the village.
Djiguibombo The Toguna consists of stone pillars and low walls and a roof of several layers of crossed wood.
Djiguibombo Children's games.
Djiguibombo Little girl well dressed for the occasion.
Djiguibombo In the main street of the village.
Djiguibombo Close to Toguna, an elderly person.
Djiguibombo Peul women at the market.
Djiguibombo Market return.
Djiguibombo Culinary preparation for a party.
Djiguibombo Culinary preparation for a party.
Djiguibombo Women preparing meals for the whole village at a party.
Djiguibombo Women preparing meals for the whole village at a party.
Djiguibombo At parties, men are responsible for slaughtering and butchering a zebu (or more depending on the size of the party).
Djiguibombo At parties, men are responsible for slaughtering and butchering a zebu (or more depending on the size of the party).
Djiguibombo It's party time, at the head of the parade the dancers followed by the musicians.
Djiguibombo Hunters display their prey on the head.
Djiguibombo Hunters display their prey on the head.
Djiguibombo Peul.
Djiguibombo Unrestrained dance under the sun and in the dust.
Djiguibombo Mask dance.
Djiguibombo Mask dance.
Djiguibombo Mask dance.
Djiguibombo Mask dance waders.
Djiguibombo Mask of painted wood and tinted horsehair.
Djiguibombo The largest mask can reach more than four meters.
Djiguibombo However, masks weighing several kilos are handled with great energy.
Djiguibombo Mask dance.
Djiguibombo Mask with the symbolism of man.
Djiguibombo Mask dance.
Pays Dogon The Dogon Country plateau is a huge basalt flow from a volcanic eruption, sometimes with surprising shapes.
Pays Dogon The Dogons are known to be very good cultivators, using a technique of adding soil to basalt rock.
Pays Dogon On the track for Ende.
Pays Dogon On the track for Ende.
Falaise de Bandiagara 155.3428 Miles constitute the cliff of Bandiagara.
Falaise de Bandiagara Ende, is in the plain under the original village in the cliff.
Falaise de Bandiagara Ende earth mosque.
Falaise de Bandiagara Vendor of indigo fabrics.
Falaise de Bandiagara The hunter's house is recognizable by the skulls glued to the cliff wall, with fresh clay.
Falaise de Bandiagara Grain granaries on the cliff.
Falaise de Bandiagara Granaries and homes.
Falaise de Bandiagara Animist house with painted walls.
Falaise de Bandiagara The tombs of the ancients are located above the villages in natural holes of the cliff, summarily arranged, in order to protect the living.
Mopti The great mosque.
Mopti Mosque on the banks of the Niger river.
Mopti The Bozos are the fishing people who live on the banks and on the Niger river.
Mopti The Bozos are the fishing people who live on the banks and on the Niger river.
Mopti The Bozos are the fishing people who live on the banks and on the Niger river.
Mopti The Bozos are the fishing people who live on the banks and on the Niger river.