Youga Dogorou

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'''Youga Dogorou''' is one of the [[Dogon people|Dogon]] villages in [[Mali]]. It is one of the Youga group of villages, the others being Youga Piri and Youga Na. The village is about 12km northeast of [[Banani, Mali|Banani]].<ref>Velton, Ross; Geels, Jolijn (edited, compiled and illustrated by Jolijn Geels); ''Mali: The Bradt Travel Guide'', [[Bradt Travel Guides]], (2004), p. 198, (retrieved March 13, 2020) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DLs1WaRmXBQC&pg=PA198#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref><ref name="Velton Mali">Velton, Ross, ''Mali: The Bradt Safari Guide'', [[Bradt Travel Guides]] (2009), pp. 192, 207, (retrieved March 13, 2020) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t8xB7ZG2KOEC&pg=PA192#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref>

==Status in Dogon religion==

Youga Dogorou is where the sacred ''Sigi'' festival—one of the most important [[Dogon religion|Dogon religious]] festivals—takes place every 60 years. The long procession of the Sigi starts and ends in Youga Dogorou.<ref name="Velton Mali"/><ref>Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul; Petit Futé, ''Mali 2012/2013 Petit Futé'', p. 221, (retrieved March 13, 2020) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=isedDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT221#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref><ref>Dolo, Sékou Ogobara, (cont. Catherine Clément, Dominique-Antoine Grisoni), ''La mère des masques: un Dogon raconte'', Seuil (2002), p.71, </ref> The last Sigi festival took place in 1967 and lasted until in 1973. The next one is due to take place in 2027 (as of 2020).<ref name=Adjaye">Adjaye, Joseph K., ''Time in the Black Experience'' (Issue 167 of Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, ), [[Greenwood Publishing Group]] (1994), p. 92, (retrieved March 3, 2020) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PQMlpbxkp_MC&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref><ref name="Velton Mali"/>

Like the other Youga villages, it is built on a small hill opposite the ''falaise''. The village also host some well-preserved [[Tellem]] architecture.<ref name="Velton Mali"/><ref>Potoski, Antonin, ''Les Cahiers dogons'', POL Editeur, p. 121, (retrieved March 13, 2020) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fNEp3ZY0GmgC&pg=PT21#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref>

==References==



[[Category:Dogon]]
[[Category:Mali]]
[[Category:Sacred sites in traditional African religions]]

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