Dogon men fire their locally made hunting rifles

Dogon men fire their locally made hunting rifles Women dance in the village square
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

At sunset, village women and girls danced in the square
Dancing in the village square Women dance in the village square Parading weaponry
  Day two’s performances began with more parading of weaponry
A slaughtered cow in the village square Men in the village square Masked Dogon dancers
A cow slaughtered in the village square    Masked dancers were the main attraction of the day