Dogon

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The Dogon are an indigenous ethnic group of central Mali renowned for their cliffside villages, complex cosmology, and distinctive artistic and architectural traditions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Dogon people 41
Dogon canonical 27
Dogon culture 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
artStyle abstract wooden figures
artUse ancestor veneration
ritual use
colonialLanguageInfluence French
continent Africa
cosmologyFeature Nommo ancestral spirits
linked to: Vodun

creation myth centered on Amma
elaborate star lore
country Mali
granaryType cylindrical mud granaries
knownFor agricultural terraces
cliffside villages
complex cosmology
distinctive architecture
elaborate funerary rituals
masks
wooden sculpture
language Dogon languages
languageFamily Niger-Congo languages
mainCrops millet
onions
sorghum
majorRitual Dama funeral ceremony
Sigui ceremony
marriagePattern exogamy
neighboringEthnicGroup Bambara
Bozo
Fulani
primaryRegion Bandiagara Escarpment
central Mali
regionUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Cliff of Bandiagara
religion Christianity
Dogon traditional religion
Islam
ritualMaskType Kanaga mask
Sirige mask
SiguiFrequency about every 60 years
socialOrganization patrilineal clans
subsistence agriculture
traditionalHousingLocation cliff faces
traditionalHousingType mud-brick houses
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor worship
sacred altars
spirit cults
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatusYear 1989
usesGranaries yes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mali ethnicGroup Dogon
Mopti hasEthnicGroup Dogon
Dogon languages spokenBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
West Africans hasSubgroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
National Museum of Mali hasSubject Dogon culture
linked to: Dogon
Mopti Region ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Bozo people neighboringPeople Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) knownFor Dogon architecture
linked to: Dogon
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) laterInhabitants Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Dogon Country inhabitedBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Dogon Country hasEthnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Bandiagara Escarpment inhabitedBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Dogon traditional religion practicedBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Kanaga mask ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Kanaga mask culture Dogon culture
linked to: Dogon
Sirige mask culture Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Sirige mask ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Sigui ceremony practicedBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Sigui ceremony organisedBy Dogon elders
linked to: Dogon
Toro Tegu languageFamily Dogon
Toro Tegu ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Togo Kan spokenBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Togo Kan languageFamily Dogon
Togo Kan ethnicGroup Dogon
Toro So ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Toro So languageFamily Dogon
Toro So usedBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Tommo So languageFamily Dogon
Tommo So ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Tommo So usedBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Jamsay ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Donno So languageFamily Dogon
Donno So spokenBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Donno So ethnicGroup Dogon
Tene Kan ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Najamba-Kindige ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Bankan Tey spokenBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Bankan Tey ethnicGroup Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Bankan Tey associatedWith Dogon culture
linked to: Dogon
Ben Tey spokenBy Dogon people
linked to: Dogon
Ben Tey languageFamily Dogon