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Distro - Dogons of Mali. 2002 

A. Abbas 

The Dogons' element is stone. Remnants of tribes who refused Islam and sook refuge on the formidable cliffs and plateau of north eastern Mali, the Dogons stick proudly, and today desperately, to their animist traditions. Today, Christians and Muslims compete for their souls, but even those who convert keep animism as the core of their belief.

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MALI. Yele village. 2002. A tree in Dogon country seems full... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Vedie village. Dogon masks are brought out... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Segue village. The village blacksmith in... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Yele village. 2002. A rooster in front of... 

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MALI. Yene village. A Hogon, Dogon spiritual leader, in the cave... 

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MALI. Segue village. 2002. Trees seem to grow out of stone in... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Segue village. 2002. An altar where animal... 

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MALI. Segue village. 2002. An altar, where animal are sacrificed... 

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MALI. Indelu village. 1996. Communal houses, where Dogon animist... 

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MALI. Indelu village. 1996. Communal houses, where Dogon animist... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Tireli Village. Dogons statues at night.... 

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MALI. Vedie village. 2002. A rooster is hung upside down before... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Vedie village. The blood of a rooster is... 

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MALI. Vedie village. 2002. The blood of a rooster is fed to the... 

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MALI. Numbori village. 2002. A Dogon animist feeds the blood... 

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MALI. Numbori village. 2002. A Dogon animist feeds the blood... 

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MALI. Numbori village. A Dogon animist opens up a white rooster... 

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MALI. Numbori village. 2002. A Dogon animist has fed the blood... 

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MALI. Yele village. 2002. A domestic kitchen set in a courtyard... 

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MALI. Vedie village. 2002. Head of a goat killed for meat to... 

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MALI Vedie village. 2002. A goat killed for meat to feed visitors... 

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MALI. Komokani village. 2002. On market days, goats are killed... 

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MALI. Komokani village. 2002. On market days, goats are killed... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Komokani village. On market days, butchers... 

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MALI. Komokani village. 2002. On market days, goats are killed... 

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MALI. Komokani village. 2002. On market days, goats are killed... 

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MALI. Dogon country. Nionghono village. Stones for an altar or... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Dindan village. 2002. A boys climbs wooden... 

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MALI. Nionghono village. 2002. A boy takes the mortar's pestle... 

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MALI. Nionghono village. 2002. The village boasts an architecture... 

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MALI. Nionghono village. 2002. The village boasts an architecture... 

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MALI. Nionghono village. 2002. A woman crushes millet, the daily... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Nionghono village. 2002. The village boast... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Vedie village. A Dogon villager. 

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MALI. Segue village. 2002. An old Dogon in a narrow lane set... 

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MALI. Vedie village. Dogon masks are brought out during funeral... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Vedie village. Dogon masks are brought out... 

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MALI. Vedie village. 2002. Dogon masks are brought out during... 

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MALI. Vedie village. 2002. Dogon masks are brought out during... 

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MALI. Vedie village. 2002. Dogon masks are brought out during... 

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MALI. Vedie village. 2002. Dogon masks are brought out during... 

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MALI. Vedie village. 2002. Dogon masks are brought out during... 

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MALI. Nionghono village. 2002. Women bring water to their home.... 

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MALI. Dogon Country. Numbori village. Villagers dry onions on... 

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MALI. Nionghono village. 2002. A Muslim villager performs the... 

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MALI. Komokani village. 2002. A Muslim performs asr (afternoon)... 

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MALI. Yene village. 2002. On Palm Sunday, a Christian Dogon prays,... 

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MALI. Nionghono village. 2002. A young Muslim Dogon in the Koranic... 

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MALI. Segue village. 1996. Pierre Kombe SOMBORO (left) and his... 

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MALI. Nionghono village. 2002. A Dogon girl wears muslim amulets... 

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MALI. Mopti. 2002. City dwellers by the river Niger at dawn. 

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MALI. Mopti village. 2002. Boats on the river Niger. 
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