Lines of girls weaving across open space

A queue of little girls waiting to dance Girls practise their danceGirls practise their danceGirls practise their dance
Lines of girls weaving across the open space between different sections of the village on the third, mostly female day of a funeral festival for the late hogon – religious leader – of the Dogon village of Sanga, Mali, July 2004

A queue of little girls waiting to dance in front of a line of spectators Girls practise their dance in the queue around the perimeter of the dancing area

Women wearing ritual funeral clothes Girls take their turn in the traditional jumping dance Girls wearing matching clothes and head-dressesGirls wearing matching clothes and head-dresses
Girls take their turn in the traditional jumping dance

Girls’ head-dresses
  Girls wait their turn to dance  
  Girls waiting to dance