Dogon men fire their locally made hunting rifles

Dogon men dance in parade with their weaponry A Dogon man brandishes a sword
Funeral festival for the late hogon – religious leader – of the Dogon village of Sanga, Mali, July 2004. The first day of the festival featured mock battles and much firing of locally made hunting rifles
Dogon men dance in parade with their weaponry Dogon women make the traditional gesture of waving ladles Dogon women and men brandish ladles and rifles respectively
 
 
  Dogon children run up towards the village square Dogon men make music Dogon women watch the spectacle