Sunday 10 January 2016

Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)

"one of West Africa's most impressive sites". I think this says a lot about this place!

Land of the Dogons

The Bandiagara site is an outstanding landscape of cliffs and sandy plateaux with some beautiful architecture (houses, granaries, altars, sanctuaries and Togu Na, or communal meeting-places). Several age-old social traditions live on in the region (masks, feasts, rituals, and ceremonies involving ancestor worship). The geological, archaeological and ethnological interest, together with the landscape, make the Bandiagara plateau one of West Africa's most impressive sites. - in: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/516

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