{"id":1350,"date":"2010-03-31T12:27:12","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T11:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2020-10-26T13:35:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T13:35:49","slug":"a-funeral-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/blog\/2010\/03\/31\/a-funeral-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"A funeral ceremony in Djiguibombo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"Start<\/a><\/span>Start of the parade through the village<\/small><\/div>\n
\"A<\/a><\/span>Vantage points for villagers to watch the ceremony<\/small><\/div>\n
\"The<\/a><\/span>The Ball watches on<\/small><\/div>\n
\"Carlos<\/a><\/span>Carlos Tevez contemplating why he left Man Utd for Man City<\/small><\/div>\n
\"Ceremony<\/a><\/span>The ceremony comes to an end<\/small><\/div>\n

Football 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.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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