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 on August 25, 2002 |
I would disagree that you need to cover your shoulders. That is more for Arab countries. In Mali, I would be more concerned about keeping those knees covered! Only children wear shorts, or soccer players. Trousers are also unusual on women but of course for activities they are essential. |
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| Pinasses | | |
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 |  on February 9, 2008 |
Pinasses are the traditional boats in Mali and they are the main transport on the Niger River. Pinasses are made of wood and they put black tar on it in order to be waterproof. Local people use paddles to sail; touristic pinasses are covered with a roof and they have engine. We use pinasses to do short excursions and visit traditional villages around Mopti but it's also possible to use it for long excursions, like the 3days trip in pinasse to Tombouctou |
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| Cola | | |
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| on February 12, 2008 |
I don't know how to describe this: it's a kind of fruit with a final acid taste that it seems to have the same effect than our cola: if you eat it you cannot sleep at night. Following the advice of our dogon guide we bought a bag full of cola before starting our trip to Dogon Country. Foreigners use to offer cola to old dogon people as a sign of respect. |
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| Telenovelas :-(( | | |
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| on February 24, 2008 |
In Mali if you go to lunch in a restaurant at telenovelas' time you are lost!!! Mexican and Venezuelan telenovelas have invaded Africa too. In Mali people see that telenovelas translated into french and they are very popular, even between men. So if you want to have lunch at telenovelas' time you'll have to wait until the break, like it happened to us :-) |
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| Ramadan!!!!!!!! | | |
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 |  on May 5, 2005 |
Although we are not Muslim-Mali is, and we celebrated along with the population at this local party where of course we we’re the only ones drinking!!!! We danced till the early hours of the morning, from reggae to rap to traditional African music, letting go was a blessing that night:) from left to right is Tina, Jonathan, Crelene and her African man Vieux and then there's Alessane, and me! |
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| The Hogon. It's the most... | | |
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 |  on August 25, 2002 |
The Hogon. It's the most important person in a Dogon village. |
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| silver..is very cheap and... | | |
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 |  on August 26, 2002 |
silver..is very cheap and beautyfull |
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