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  • A group of young people performs for tourists a traditional dance by the fire. Dogon youth are trying to take advantage of the benefits brought by tourism to their ethnic group.  The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • A group of young people performs for tourists a traditional dance by the fire. Dogon youth are trying to take advantage of the benefits brought by tourism to their ethnic group.  The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
    080808-LFC-2697.jpg
  • A group of young people performs for tourists a traditional dance by the fire. Dogon youth are trying to take advantage of the benefits brought by tourism to their ethnic group.  The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
    080808-LFC-2598.jpg
  • Bogolans on display. These cotton clothes are painted with a dye made with mud and tree-bark. So-called bogolans are one of the most traditional malian souvenisr and each ethnic group has its own tipical design. These are Dogon bogolans.
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  • Artisan painting a cotton clothe with a dye made with mud and tree-bark. So-called bogolans are one of the most traditional malian souvenir and each ethnic group has its own tipical design.
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  • Makua women wearing traditional mussiro facial masks. Makua tribe is the predominant ethnic group in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • A group of young people performs for tourists a traditional dance by the fire. Dogon youth are trying to take advantage of the benefits brought by tourism to their ethnic group.  The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
    080808-LFC-2594.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
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  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017456.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017452.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017451.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
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  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017449.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017448.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017447.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017442.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017443.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017462.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017461.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017457.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017455.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017454.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017453.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017446.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017445.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017444.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017441.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017440.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017439.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
    h_00017458.jpg
  • The history of the gypsies still stumbles around deep controversies and its condition remains tied in a complex lacing of mysteries and doubts. <br />
Our imprecise historical knowledge about the theme, tell us that this enigmatic people came originally from northwest India and for reasons still unexplained nowadays, were forced to leave the territory becoming nomadic.<br />
Their first steps in Europe occurred during XII century, but their presence in Portugal only dates from mid XV century. Six centuries later, gypsies are still associated with extra-sensorial and divine capabilities, and from a social point of view, are an ethnic minority that either self-exclude themselves or gets marginalized by our society.
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  • A young woman selling lemons in a street of Bijene, posing for a photograph.
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  • Dourou Village view from outside with a millet field on the foreground. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • A young man and a young girl stand on each side of the equator line. He is on the southern hemisphere and she is on the northern hemisphere
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  • Togu na or casa palava in Djiguibombo. Usually located in the centre of each village or quarter, the togu na is a shelter reserved for men, where the elders hold meetings, councils and pronounce judgements. The millet-stalk roof is normally 1.2m from the ground to prevent  standing up. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Tourist jumps over waterfall. Waterfalls formed during the rainy season drop from the Bandiagara Escarpment cliff permitting tourists to cool off from the hiking. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
    080810-LFC-3343.jpg
  • Waterfalls formed during the rainy season drop from the Bandiagara Escarpment cliff permitting tourists to cool off from the hiking. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • The canyon formed near Kani-Kombolé and Djiguibombo is a shady place with lots of trees and waterfalls during the rainy season. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Tourist looking at the landscape on the ascent from Kani-Kombolé to Djiguibombo village. Waterfalls formed during the rainy season drop from the Bandiagara Escarpment cliff permitting tourists to cool off from the hiking. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
    080810-LFC-3318.jpg
  • Waterfalls formed during the rainy season drop from the Bandiagara Escarpment cliff permitting tourists to cool off from the hiking. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
    080809-LFC-3105.jpg
  • Waterfalls formed during the rainy season drop from the Bandiagara Escarpment cliff permitting tourists to cool off from the hiking. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Dogon masks are one of the most symbolic souvenir one can bring from the Dogon Country. Used for sacred cerimonies, masks have a very important role in the Dogon society. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Woman seen from above walk on a field in Teli village. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Women pounding millet with a pestle in Teli village. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • The well-preserved Tellem dwellings in Teli makes it one of the most picturesque villages in the Dogon Country. As in many other villages, the Dogon formerly lived sheltered in the cliffs as they feared predators and human agressors. Only some 60 ago, Teli villagers started to settle in the present village below the cliff. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • The well-preserved Tellem dwellings in Teli makes it one of the most picturesque villages in the Dogon Country. As in many other villages, the Dogon formerly lived sheltered in the cliffs as they feared predators and human agressors. Only some 60 ago, Teli villagers started to settle in the present village below the cliff. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Teli village stands out as one of the many religiously highly ecletic and tolerant in the Dogon Country. Muslims, Catholics and Animists live together in harmony even if the village mosque shows the predominacy of the Islamic religion. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • The well-preserved Tellem dwellings in Teli makes it one of the most picturesque villages in the Dogon Country. As in many other villages, the Dogon formerly lived sheltered in the cliffs as they feared predators and human agressors. Only some 60 ago, Teli villagers started to settle in the present village below the cliff. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Faithful enters Endé mosque. Most Dogon Country mosques are in Sudanese style and built with mud. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Man works on a millet field in the Bandiagara Escarpment with the so-called "God's Finger" in the background. Millet is also used to make beer in the Dogon Country. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Tipical Dogon wood carvings that serve as pillars for roofs. Dogon sculptures are famous for its spiritual symbolism and rarities some times are sold tourists with no scruples. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Girl stands by tipical Dogon wood carvings that serve as pillars for roofs. Dogon sculptures are famous for its spiritual symbolism and rarities some times are sold tourists with no scruples. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
    080808-LFC-2399.jpg
  • Mosquito nets in the rooftops are the most common place for a tourist to sleep in campments in the Bandiagara Escarpment. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Guide Foussani Guindo walks by a baobab tree. The fruit of this tree has many usages as the production of musical instruments, food, containers, and its trunk is also used to make ropes. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Togu na or casa palava in Doundjourou. Usually located in the centre of each village or quarter, the togu na is a shelter reserved for men, where the elders hold meetings, councils and pronounce judgements. The millet-stalk roof is normally 1.2m from the ground to prevent  standing up. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
    080807-LFC-2344.jpg
  • Togu na or casa palava in Doundjourou. Usually located in the centre of each village or quarter, the togu na is a shelter reserved for men, where the elders hold meetings, councils and pronounce judgements. The millet-stalk roof is normally 1.2m from the ground to prevent  standing up. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Mother and son climbing the cliff with burdens on their heads in the Bandiagara Escarpment. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • A group of tourists and their guide descending a ravine in the Bandiagara Escarpment between Doundjourou and Yabatalou villages. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Tourist starts her descend of the cliff near Indelou village. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Panorama of Indelou village build on the top of a rocky outcrop with a millet field on the foreground. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Vendor carrying a bucket full of karité fruit. Besides beeing used as food, karité is also used on the cosmetic industry by processing the butter made with it.
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  • Begnimato village is surrounded by unusual rock formations. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau.
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  • Tourists relax on the border of the cliff in the Bandiagara Escarpment. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • A view of the sandy Gondo plain that streches until Burkina Faso. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Guide Foussani Guindo helps tourists to climb rocks near begnimato village. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Landscape near Begnimato village in the Bandiagara Escarpment. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • Guide Foussani Guindo walks through the rocky formations in the Bandiagara Escarpment. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • A shepherd walks on the bandiagara Escarpment following his flock of goats. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • A flock of goats in the Bandiagara Escarpment with a boy sheppard. The Dogon Country is the most visited part of Mali with tourists visiting its tipical  villages that can be located on the cliff, on the sandy plain or in the rocky plateau
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  • People catching clams and mussels during low tide in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Sourcerer from Makua tribe performs a traditional dance where he sticks needles in his forehead
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  • "Funana" is the capeverdian musical style that it's danced with greater intensity.
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  • In Fogo Island there's lots of people with green eyes and fair skin supposedly descending from the french Duke of Montrond that lived there from 1870 on.
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  • The market of Assomada, in the island of Santiago's center is perhaps the place where it's better perceived the African roots of capeverdian nation.
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  • Porto Novo's quay is where it's most of the commercial activity of Santo Antao island. The ferryboat from Sao Vicente carries passengers but also the agricultural products from the island to Mindelo city.
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  • Youth of Mindelo on the road next to a painted mural. The historical zone of Mindelo owns several examples of colonial architecture.
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  • Nos desfiles de Carnaval do Mindelo, tenta-se retomar aos poucos a tradição dos grupos de "mandingas", membros da etnia africana também usados como escravos em Cabo Verde. Estes percorrem as ruas anarquicamente  brincando com a assistência, sendo geralmente oriundos das camadas mais pobres da população.
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  • In Carnival parades in Mindelo, attempts to recover the tradition of "mandigas" groups are made. These were members of African groups also used as slaves in Cape Verde. They rumble the streets chaotically playing with the audience. They are generally from the poorer strata of population.
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  • The standard-bearer of one of the collectivities that dispute Mindelos Carnival Parade prize.
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  • A young man with a mask in front of a street mural depicting Charlie Chaplin and Picasso during Carnival in Mindelo, the capital city of Sao Vicente island.
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  • People gather on the windows, balconies or even on the rooftops of Mindelo buildings to watch the Carnival groups Parading on Lisboa street in Mindelo, the capital city of Sao Vicente island.
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  • In Carnival parades in Mindelo, attempts to recover the tradition of "mandigas" groups are made. These were members of African groups also used as slaves in Cape Verde. They rumble the streets chaotically playing with the audience and covered with oil or mud. They are generally from the poorer strata of population.
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  • A child watches the Carnival Parade in Mindelo, the capital city of Sao Vicente island.
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  • Dancers from one of the collectivities that dispute Mindelos Carnival prize performing during the parade in Lisboa street on Carnival Tuesday.
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  • Carnival Parade in Lisboa Street in Mindelo, the capital city od Sao Vicente island.
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  • Dancers from one of the collectivities that dispute the prize in Mindelos Carnival March. On the background the facade of ancient Portuguese Governor house that works as the Court nowadays.
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  • A girl before starting her participation in an alegoric car in Mindelos Tuesday Carnival March.
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  • Girls preparing their costumes before parading in Mindelos Tuesday Carnival March.
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  • Some girls that will parade in alegoric cars chat while preparing for the march.
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  • In Carnival parades in Mindelo, attempts to recover the tradition of "mandigas" groups are made. These were members of African groups also used as slaves in Cape Verde. They rumble the streets chaotically playing with the audience and covered with oil or mud. They are generally from the poorer strata of population.
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  • Before the main Carnival parade on Tuesday some masqueraders prepare for the fun.
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  • A private party during Carnival in Mindelo, capital of S√£o Vicente island.
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  • In Carnival Monday dozens of school girls and boys parade through Mindelo streets and at some points sensual dances arise amid the crowd.
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  • In Carnival Monday dozens of school girls and boys parade through Mindelo streets.
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  • In Carnival Monday dozens of school girls and boys parade through Mindelo streets.
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  • In Carnival parades in Mindelo, attempts to recover the tradition of "mandigas" groups are made. These were members of African groups also used as slaves in Cape Verde. They rumble the streets chaotically playing with the audience and covered with oil or mud. They are generally from the poorer strata of population.
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  • An old lady is helped to descend from the ferry boat. Sometimes Brava island gets isolated for several days when sea conditions doesn't allow ships to approach Furna's harbour, the only one in the island.
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  • In Furna people gather on the top of a rock fishing. Furna is the village where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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  • Girls chat on the way to a water spring on Brava's east coast. Nearby, Furna is the place where is located the only harbour that serves the island when sea conditions allows ships to navigate.
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