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LAND OF THE DOGONS: THE CLIFF OF BANDIAGARA
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.
FOTOPEDIA MAGAZINE | 05/19/13
TEXT FROM UNESCO, (c) UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE
PHOTO BY Jason Pemberton, All rights reserved