The Bandiagara site is an ... sandstone plateau, escarpment, plains (more than two-thirds of the listed perimeter are covered by plateau and cliffs). The communities at the site are essentially the ...

The Tellem inhabited the Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali. The Dogon people migrated to the escarpment region around the 14th century. Being pygmies, the Tellem or "small red people" built dwellings ...

Dogon lands are divided into three distinct regions: a rugged sandstone plateau; the Bandiagara escarpment - a towering cliff where small villages are nestled into the rocky face - and a sandy ...

Beginning of the sextenary festival of the Sigui among the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali. This first ceremony takes place at the village of Yougo Dogorou. The men, shaved and dressed in ...