We jump in Moussa’s right-hand drive Toyota Landcruiser and head for Dogon Country. Our first stop is a real surprise and a real treat. Moussa leads us into a tiny village where we are fortunate enough to witness the funeral ceremony for the village’s much respected leader.
As cultural outsiders, we’re not sure what’s going on in the ceremony, so the best we can do is to show you some pictures and let them speak for themselves.
Start of the parade through the village
Vantage points for villagers to watch the ceremony
The Ball watches on
Carlos Tevez contemplating why he left Man Utd for Man City
The ceremony comes to an endFootball may indeed be a universal language, but it is times like this that make us wish we had a common spoken language to help us understand other cultures better than we do.
Written by The Ball on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
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Experiencing is part of understanding..safe travels.