The Festival Dansa-Diawoura festival took place in Bafoulabé in Mali, and in the surrounding villages, from April 8 to April 10, 2005 in the presence of Cheick Oumar Sissoko, Minister of Culture and the writer Doumbi Fakoly. Bafoulabé is a town in Mali. It is located in the Region of Kayes. Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cheick Oumar Sissoko (born 1945 in San, Mali) is a Malian Film director and Politician. Doumbi Fakoly (born January 1, 1944) is a Malian Writer. Biography Born in 1944 in Kita Mali (then part of French
The "dansa" and the "diawoura" are traditional dances of the Khasso country. Khasso or Xaaso was a West African kingdom of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries occupying territory in what is today Senegal and the The Festival dansa/diawour ended in the 3rd day of the "Mali Sadio", which commemorates the friendship between the girls of the village and an hippopotamus. The hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius) from the Greek ἱπποπόταμος ( hippopotamos, ιππος hippos meaning "horse" In Malinké, "Mali Tchadio" means "hippopotamus which has two colors", Tchadio transformed itself into Sadio. The Malinké or Maninka are a part of Mandé in Africa. Approximately 7750000 Malinké are scattered throughout West Africa, including The hippopotamus was struck down by a French colonel during the French colonial reign. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
References
- (French) Le président Touré à Bafoulabé : la voie largement ouverte vers le développement. M. COULIBALY, l'Essor n°15483 2005-06-28.
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