Dogon

E204523

The Dogon are an indigenous ethnic group of central Mali renowned for their cliffside villages, complex cosmology, and distinctive artistic and architectural traditions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Dogon people 41
Dogon canonical 27
Dogon culture 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
artStyle abstract wooden figures ⓘ
artUse ancestor veneration ⓘ
ritual use ⓘ
colonialLanguageInfluence French ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
cosmologyFeature Nommo ancestral spirits ⓘ
linked to: Vodun

creation myth centered on Amma ⓘ
elaborate star lore ⓘ
country Mali ⓘ
granaryType cylindrical mud granaries ⓘ
knownFor agricultural terraces ⓘ
cliffside villages ⓘ
complex cosmology ⓘ
distinctive architecture ⓘ
elaborate funerary rituals ⓘ
masks ⓘ
wooden sculpture ⓘ
language Dogon languages ⓘ
languageFamily Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
mainCrops millet ⓘ
onions ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
majorRitual Dama funeral ceremony ⓘ
Sigui ceremony ⓘ
marriagePattern exogamy ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Bambara ⓘ
Bozo ⓘ
Fulani ⓘ
primaryRegion Bandiagara Escarpment ⓘ
central Mali ⓘ
regionUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Cliff of Bandiagara ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Dogon traditional religion ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
ritualMaskType Kanaga mask ⓘ
Sirige mask ⓘ
SiguiFrequency about every 60 years ⓘ
socialOrganization patrilineal clans ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousingLocation cliff faces ⓘ
traditionalHousingType mud-brick houses ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor worship ⓘ
sacred altars ⓘ
spirit cults ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatusYear 1989 ⓘ
usesGranaries yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mali → ethnicGroup → Dogon ⓘ
Mopti → hasEthnicGroup → Dogon ⓘ
Dogon languages → spokenBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
National Museum of Mali → hasSubject → Dogon culture ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Mopti Region → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Bozo people → neighboringPeople → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) → knownFor → Dogon architecture ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) → laterInhabitants → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Dogon Country → inhabitedBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Dogon Country → hasEthnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Bandiagara Escarpment → inhabitedBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Dogon traditional religion → practicedBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Kanaga mask → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Kanaga mask → culture → Dogon culture ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Sirige mask → culture → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Sirige mask → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Sigui ceremony → practicedBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Sigui ceremony → organisedBy → Dogon elders ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Toro Tegu → languageFamily → Dogon ⓘ
Toro Tegu → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Togo Kan → spokenBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Togo Kan → languageFamily → Dogon ⓘ
Togo Kan → ethnicGroup → Dogon ⓘ
Toro So → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Toro So → languageFamily → Dogon ⓘ
Toro So → usedBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Tommo So → languageFamily → Dogon ⓘ
Tommo So → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Tommo So → usedBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Jamsay → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Donno So → languageFamily → Dogon ⓘ
Donno So → spokenBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Donno So → ethnicGroup → Dogon ⓘ
Tene Kan → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Najamba-Kindige → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Bankan Tey → spokenBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Bankan Tey → ethnicGroup → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Bankan Tey → associatedWith → Dogon culture ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Ben Tey → spokenBy → Dogon people ⓘ
linked to: Dogon
Ben Tey → languageFamily → Dogon ⓘ