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Ratgeber
Dogon oath ring made of yellow cast metall with ball of Lapislazuli
Schwurring aus Gelbguss mit Lapislazuli Kugel

secret knowledge of the Dogon people in Mali
deep blue sky riders

The Dogon live in the southern part of Mali on the bluffs of a rugged old dry riverbed that once fed water to the Niger, back when the Sahara was green and the oases were home to animals such as hippos and crocodiles. Today the area around Bandiagara is almost dry as a straw. The small rivulet, which carries a little water during the rare rains, allows the cultivation of millet, sorghum and, above all, tasty small onions, with which the Dogon trade a little even in good times. Some of their...

  • Bayern
  • Diedorf
  • 11.08.23
  • 1
Poesie
compass of black horn with silver inlays, desert stones and shells, Tuareg , Mali

fairytale of the Tuareg of northern Mali
The compass made of black goat horn

Only when the embers of the red sun had sunk far behind the endless expanses of sand desert dotted with black rock pustules did young Targi roll out from under his lair where he had lain resting from the scorching heat of the day. However, he carefully avoided putting his supporting hands out of the shadow cast by the sharp-edged, flat splinter of basalt so as not to come into direct contact with the skin of the still glowing sand. He then took a slow, economical little sip with relish from the...

  • Bayern
  • Diedorf
  • 11.08.23
  • 1
  • 1
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