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Table of Contents

 

Introduction 01
Toloy 01
Tellem 02
Nongo 03
     
Dogon Country 04
Niongono (Pignari) 05
Kargue & Bounou (Lowel-Gueou) 06
Bara (Lowel-Gueou) 07
Borko & Tintam (Bondum) 08
Samari (Bondum) 09
Saoura Koum (plateau central) 09
Sangha 10
Pegue Toulou 11
Yougo Dogorou 12
The plain of Seno-Gondo 14
Architecture and traditional religion 15
The Ginna (associated with the Wagem cult) 15
House of the Hogon (associated with the Lebe cult) 19
House of the Hogon of Arou 20
Binu shrine 21
Togu Na 24
Menstrual hut 26
Smithy 27
Altars 28
Mosque 29
The society of the masks 33
Funerary rites 33
Burial 33
Funeral 34
Funeral of the Hogon in Sangha - 1985 37
Masks 39
Mask Satimbe 40
Great Mask 41
Mask Sirige 43
Mask Kanaga 44
Various masks 45
Conclusion 49
Bibliography 50