Dogon

E204523
ethnic group indigenous people

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

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dogon people 3
Dogon canonical 2
Dogon culture 1

Statements (48)

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

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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 (Land of the Dogons) ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Mali → ethnicGroup → Dogon ⓘ
Mopti → hasEthnicGroup → Dogon ⓘ
Dogon languages → spokenBy → Dogon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogon people
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Dogon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogon people
National Museum of Mali → hasSubject → Dogon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogon culture
Mopti Region → ethnicGroup → Dogon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogon people