Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
Mali
Date of Inscription: 1989
Criteria: (v)(vii) Property : 327390.0000 ha Bandiagara Circle, Mopti Region N14 19 59.988 W3 25 0.012 Ref: 516 |
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Brief Description
The Bandiagara site is an outstanding landscape of cliffs and sandy plateaux with some beautiful architecture (houses, granaries, altars, sanctuaries and Togu Na, or communal meeting-places). Several age-old social traditions live on in the region (masks, feasts, rituals, and ceremonies involving ancestor worship). The geological, archaeological and ethnological interest, together with the landscape, make the Bandiagara plateau one of West Africa's most impressive sites.
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