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The Dogon are an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of the country of Mali, in Western Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, in the Mopti region. The population numbers between 400,000 and 800,000.
The Dogon are best known for their religious traditions, their mask dances, wooden sculpture and their architecture. The past century has seen significant changes in the social organization, material culture and beliefs of the Dogon, partly because Dogon country is one of Mali's major tourist attractions.
The principal Dogon area is bisected by the Bandiagara Escarpment, a sandstone cliff of up to 500 m (1,640 ft) high, stretching about 150 km (90 miles). To the southeast of the cliff, the sandy Séno-Gondo Plains are found, and northwest of the cliff are the Bandiagara Highlands. Historically, Dogon villages were established in the Bandiagara area in consequence of the Dogon people's collective refusal to convert to Islam a thousand years ago.
This is footage of us village hopping throughout Dogon Country. My brother Mikael also gives the rich history of the Dogon people and their culture. Please excuse the wind in the first 3 minutes. This was shot in the village of Bongo during my most recent African homecoming. I am a self published author, so please visit my online bookstore https://www.amazon.com/author/dynastamir and also my Etsy shop in which i sell true African jewelry https://www.etsy.com/shop/DynastAmir. This is a part of Dynast Amir's video journal on his re-connection back to the Motherland entitled "In Search of Uhuru." www.searchforuhuru.com If you are interested in traveling to Dogon Country. Reach out to Mikael Djiguiba at http://maliexperience.com/ and please subscribe to my channel.
This is on our top ten hiking destinations we have been fortunate enough to enjoy. Just fabulous and very well put together. Lets face it, you wont be the first person there. They are very ready for your tourist dollar but the experience is well worth it. That being said we only saw maybe 6 other tourists during our 4 day trek. www.theworldlovefoundation.org
Teri journeys to Djenné to explore famous mud mosque, unique adobe architecture, and the Monday market. She then travels further east along the Bandigara escarpment for her introduction into the mystical Dogon Country, which is one of the last outposts of African ancient wisdom. She is welcomed into the Niogono village. S U B S C R I B E http://bit.ly/SubscribeTravelistaTeri C O N N E C T W I T H M E H E R E http://instagram.com/travelistateri http://facebook.com/travelistateri http://twitter.com/travelistateri snapchat @travelistateri V I S I T M E http://travelistateri.com
In final webisode of the Mali series, Teri stops into the small village of Kamakomodigilinatome where the women invite her to participate in their onion smashing ritual. She then heads to visit the ancient rock paintings in Songo and cruises on a pirogue in the bustling city of Mopti.
Mask traditions in Dogon country extend well beyond the area studied by Marcel Griaule. His research has been limited mainly to the central part of the escarpment and plateau. Likewise, subsequent collegues did not choose to further his field work in other parts of the country (i.e. N'Duleri and northeast plateau). Today, the disappearance of mask traditions in those areas is not going to facilitate further research. However, several villages of the northeast plateau are the last witnesses of a mask tradition that is slowly fading away with time. Kono, Wakara and Soroli have (or had) masks that are very different from those that made the Dogon so popular. A number of pieces have been published in books on African art. The most one can say is that these masks are or were used in funerals. B...
film maker Serou Dolo Masked dance performances are held on the occasion of funerary rites. These rites take place in three phases : the burial, the funeral and the Dama. The Dama marks the end of mourning and the passage of the soul of the deceased to the land of the ancestors (prior to the Dama the souls of the recently dead roam about the bush). The masks will help the dead find their way to the hereafter. The Dama takes place around June and concerns all the men who have passed away since the previous Dama. Some ten years (if not more) may elapse between two Dama. On the occasion of this year's Dama at Kamba, masked participants came from a number of neighbouring villages (Pelou, Mendeli) and competition among dancers was fierce. Masks are « things from the bush ». They are not all ...
(film maker Serou Dolo) Masked dance performances are held on the occasion of funerary rites. These rites take place in three phases : the burial, the funeral and the Dama. The Dama marks the end of mourning and the passage of the soul of the deceased to the land of the ancestors (prior to the Dama the souls of the recently dead roam about the bush). The masks will help the dead find their way to the hereafter. The Dama takes place around May/June and concerns all the men who have passed away since the previous Dama. Masks are « things from the bush ». They are not all equal in importance. Among mask types that personify animals or humans, many interact with the public and their dances have an entertaining quality to them. But the Kanaga and the Sirige are surrounded by an aura of mystery...
This footage was taken during a 4 day hike through Dogon Country. A beautiful look into rural African culture.
Yum Way! Let's Go! On y va! To Dogon Country! Every day, all day, any day, the hope for the continuity of the Dogon Society. This film is a close-up look at this unique sciety, which cul use some direction to fight their overwhelming environmental deterrents in this hardscrabble land. Fotage is daily life in Dogon Country: covered well, pounding millet, drying baobab leaves, frying millet flour beignets, children working, harvesting millet, traverse millet stalk flute, carving Dogon door, scenics of the Bandiagara escarpment, Seno Plain, music from the Dogon Masked Dance, Judy thanks Pat Clark, Vince Vilan, Kay Koutopoulos and Bay Area Video Coalition/San Francisco Commons and says bire poh to all my Dogon villagers.
Filmmaker Serou Dolo In Yendouma, the New Year festivities are called Dégoudiou (or Dégésu). They last for three days and are held once a year in January/February/March. They celebrate the renewal of society and can be seen as a movement of solidarity that unifies all villagers. The ancestors of the village community will be invoked and their blessings will be sought. Relatives of the Seno Plains will gather in numbers and attend the festivities. Villagers and visitors dress in their best attire and join in celebration and dance. For an in-depth study of the Dégoudiou feast in Yendouma, read Abinou Teme's thesis "Paganisme et logique du pouvoir dans le Toro en pays dogon". A Yendouma, la fête du nouvel an se dit Dégoudiou (ou Dégésu). Elle a lieu une fois l'an au mois de janvier/février ...
filmmaker Serou Dolo Sanaguroy : leaf masks worn on the occasion of an agrarian rite held during the millet growing season. Sanaguroy : des masques faits de feuilles portés à l'occasion d'un rite agraire tenu pendant la saison de la pousse du mil.
Dogon in the country - Music by Young Richard
Mali celebrated the ancient Dogon community and its culture, which for years has been a drawcard for the country's tourism industry.… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2016/02/05/mali-revives-dogon-cultural-festival Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews
The Dogon are an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of the country of Mali, in Western Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, in the Mopti region. The population numbers between 400,000 and 800,000. The Dogon are best known for their religious traditions, their mask dances, wooden sculpture and their architecture. The past century has seen significant changes in the social organization, material culture and beliefs of the Dogon, partly because Dogon country is one of Mali's major tourist attractions. ------------------------ 11500 BC follows ancient cultures around the world. Starting of at our Origins. The 11500 BC Series One feature 6 Episode of African ancient cultures. Overview: Season 1: African Empires Episode 1 - Dogon Village - bjbrown ...