Sangha, Mali

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Sangha is located in Mali
Sangha
Sangha
Location in Mali
Coordinates: 14°27′54″N 3°18′22″W / 14.46500°N 3.30611°W / 14.46500; -3.30611
Country Mali
RegionMopti Region
CercleBandiagara Cercle
Population
 (2009 census)
 • Total32,513
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Sangha (sometimes spelled Sanga) is a rural commune in the Cercle of Bandigara in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains around 44 small villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 32,513. The administrative centre (chef-lieu) is the village of Sangha Ogol Leye, one of a cluster of at least 10 small villages at the top of the Bandiagara Escarpment.

The commune is known as a centre for Dogon traditional religion with many temples and shrines, and as a base for visitors to the local Dogon villages. Toro So is spoken in the village of Sangha. Most of the ethnographic work by Marcel Griaule was carried out among the Dogon of Sangha.

Gallery

  • Multicoloured clothing at Sangha market, 1992
    Multicoloured clothing at Sangha market, 1992
  • Women with children and cassava roots at Sangha market, 1992
    Women with children and cassava roots at Sangha market, 1992
  • A toguna at Sangha, 2006
    A toguna at Sangha, 2006
  • View of Sangha, 2007
    View of Sangha, 2007
  • Multistoried masks during a dance in Sangha, 2007
    Multistoried masks during a dance in Sangha, 2007
  • Door of the house of the Hogon in Sangha, Ogol quarter, 2007
    Door of the house of the Hogon in Sangha, Ogol quarter, 2007

See also

References

  1. ^ Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Mopti) (PDF) (in French), République de Mali: Institut National de la Statistique.
  2. ^ Moran, Steven; Forkel, Robert; Heath, Jeffrey, eds. (2016). "Sangha". dogonlanguages.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.

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