The Dogon of Mali

 

 

Some 800,000 Dogon live on central plateau of Mali and Niger, and are known for their mythology, their mask dances, wooden sculpture and their architecture.  While most Dogon continue to practice traditional tribal beliefs, as significant minority are Muslims and an even smaller minority practice Christianity.

 

Village of Banani  and another village, 2005

 

House and village Hogan, spiritual leader

 

Egg of the World

 

Life of the World

 

Seed of Man

 

Cultivation of the Fields

 

Village Egg

 

Homestead

 

Drawings from Marcel Griaule: Conversations With Ogotemmeli: An Introduction To Dogon Religious Ideas. 1st. ed. 1965

 

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