Fotos Mali
| Festival in the Djenné mosque. Once a year, the inhabitants of Djenné organize a spectacular festival to replaster the mosque rising above the city with a new layer of adobe. While organized groups of youngsters struggle to bring as much mud from the river as they can carry on their heads, men build long ladders to reach the highest parts. Women carry the water needed to produce the necessary consistency, trampling cereal husks into the mud mixture. On an agreed signal, the youngsters and the men climb up the wooden skeleton of the mosque and begin to spread the adobe. |
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| Bandiagara Fault, Dogon Country. The Bandiagara fault is a massive geographic landmark raised above the savannah, that runs more than 200 km. It is home to one of the most curious cultures in all West Africa, Dogon Country. Here, animism, offerings to nature spirits, impregnate every facet of people's lives. Travelling by foot along the intricate paths up to the highest points, we immerse ourselves in the world of the Tellem people, the fault's ancient inhabitants. Their graves dug into the rock face remind us that we are in a very special place, a place that contains truly magical sites. |
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| Níger River. The Niger is Mali's major resource supply point, running more than 4200 km, only surpassed by the Nile in Africa. Masses of merchandise travel up and down the waters of the Niger River, from traditional pinasse longboats laden with salt to large barges dragging fuel tanks. The Bozo people make a living from fishing. The mud on the shores is the main construction material for their homes, and they also use it to shape their ceramic tools. Livestock and their owners drink from the waters of the Niger River. Large rice fields grow along its banks… without a doubt, Mali is largely what the Niger allows it to be. |
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