Dogon people

The Dogon people are a sedentary, agriculturalist tribe with a population of about 250,000 people who inhabit the African nation of Mali (Beierle 2000). The Dogon society consists of roughly 300 villages, although the exact size of these villages can vary. Each village is nucleated, and usually contain around several hundred inhabitants; the majority of these are considerably old, some dating back to original occupation over five hundred years ago (Lane 2008). The villages are concentrated along the Cliffs of Bandigara, a large sandstone plateau. Fundamentally, the social structure of the Dogon people is patrilineal and is divided by lineage segmentation into an variety of agnatic descent groups (Beierle 2000). Evidence has been found that…

The Dogon people are found in the high cliffs of Southern Mali. The population is believed to be somewhere near the 800,000 mark. There are roughly 700 Dogon villages spread across the Mali cliffs. The Dogon are known for their mud and straw architecture, sculptures and most notifiable the traditional mask dancing. Mask dancing is a tradition generally demonstrated during a morning period. The mask the Dogon wear, during the dance rituals, represent aspects of the living world. This tradition…

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