Mali,Dogon Country,Banani. Burial caves of the Dogon near Banani in almost inaccessible sandstone cliffs of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The caves were originally used by the Tellem who were driven out by the Dogon in the fifteenth century.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Banani. Part of the Dogon village of Banani situated at the foot of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. The Dogon’s burial caves are sited in the almost inaccessible sheer sandstone cliffs behind the village. The caves were originally used by the Tellem who were driven out by the Dogon in the fifteenth century.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Banani. Attractive Dogon villages built among cliffs and rocks at the foot of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. Recent development has taken place on top of the escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Koundu. The attractive Dogon village of Koundu built among rocks beneath a sandstone cliff of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. Dwellings have flat roofs while the numerous granaries to store millet have pitched thatched roofs.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. The typical Dogon village of Tereli situated among rocks at the base of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment. Dwellings have flat roofs while granaries to store millet have pitched thatched roofs.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Tereli. Granaries at Tereli - a typical Dogon village at the base of the 120-mile-long Bandiagara escarpment.
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Mali,Dogon Country. A scene near Sangha,an attractive Dogon village built among rocks on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. The men's meeting house,or Toguna,is on the skyline.
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Mali,Dogon Country. A decorated cave wall at the attractive Dogon village of Songho on top of the Bandiagara escarpment. The circumcision of boys takes place here each year after which the initiates draw pictures or patterns of their choice on the wall using natural pigments.
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Mali,Dogon Country,Koundu. A small settlement built among rocks near the Dogon village of Koundu. Dwellings have flat roofs while granaries to store millet have pitched thatched roofs. The Dogon are animists. The sacred earthen mound on the right with an ostrich egg on top is an altar used for sacrifices by the village hogon or priest to appease the ancestors and purify the village.
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