africa is a continent full of beauty its beauty can be seen through its places
and its people welcome to the amazing people of africa series where we take
a look at some of the indigenous people of africa we'll be looking at their lifestyle
culture and getting to learn about life through their knowledge and experiences
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if you've been on our channel before it is more than likely you have seen this mystical beautiful
dance we all get mesmerized by the calculated moves the hypnotizing beads and the beautiful
masks but what do we actually know about the bend behind the masks well here is a spoiler
they might just be one of the first people who encountered extrasolar astronomical bodies
today we take a look at the dogon people of mali the dogon are an ethnic community found
in mali and are best known for their mask dances their architecture and their religious traditions
it is not exactly known where the dogon came from some have speculated that they were egyptian
descent another interesting theory of their origin arises from their traditions and folk ceremonies
which are lined with the movements of an invisible and yet unknown star sirius b
the doggone people knew about sirisp thousands of years ago yet it was supposedly only discovered in
1970 when it was photographed for the first time by western astronomers so how exactly did they
know about the stars so many years ago according to their elders their knowledge of the sky was
given to them by creatures who descended down to earth thousands of years ago from sirius b
according to them ugly amphibious beings in the form of mummies and marmon from the serious
system known as nomos visited earth the normals lived on a planet that rotated around other stars
in the serious system they descended on earth in an art-like structure and gave the doggone
information about the syria system and the earth's solar system that jupiter has four major moons
that satan has rings and that all planets orbit around the sun
dogon society is an organized society with each village being led by a chief who is the
oldest living son of the ancestor of the local branch of the family he is known as the hogon
after his election he has to follow a six-month initiation period which is not allowed to shave
or even take a bath he's only allowed to wear white clothes and nobody is allowed to touch him
after his initiation ceremony the lady is replaced by his wife who only comes
during the day to take care of him but she must not sleep in that house
the doggone do not live a secluded life they actually often interact with other communities
every four days they participate in markets with neighboring tribes such as the fulani
they primarily sell agricultural commodities such as onions grain cotton and tobacco
the dogon are also known for their mask and the mask dances their masks are a thing of beauty
so much so that several headpieces are today held in museum collections throughout the world
but the masks are not just headpieces to them they hold great importance for example after the death
of a doggone man the community gets masks carved from wood and woven from hibiscus fiber as part
of a sequence of the burial rituals they also have masks which they wear throughout the year
according to them the masks serve as a connection between heaven and earth
so much can be admired from the great knowledge of astrology to their beautiful and meaningful dances
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