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Filming in Mali : The Dogon People :
The Dance of Masks, etc.

A Field Producers's photos from some of our many past projects filming the Dogon People of Bandiagara, Mali : News, Documentaries, etc. :

Photos by Africa Fixer : Excelman Productions : these photos are not intended to be works of art, but rather simply as pre-reconnaissance reference aids.

The Dance of Masks
The Dance of Masks
Dogon Masks
During the The Dance of Masks, it is the elders (men only ) who make the rythme
The Dogon People：One would hardly imagine that there is a village up there
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
The road to the Dogon villages
Filming a Dogon village
A Dogon village
the "dunes" of the Seno Plain
the "dunes" of the Seno Plain
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
The green onion fields of the Dogon village, Sanga
Above a Dogon village
The Dogon People: near the weekly market
A young Fulani boy : how does one transport a lamb on a bicycle ?
A village of the Dogon People of Bandiagara
A village of the Dogon People of Bandiagara
Millet
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
In Dogon culture, weaving is a job for men
In Dogon culture, weaving is a job for men
In Dogon culture, weaving is a job for men
In Dogon culture, weaving is a job for men
In Dogon culture, weaving is a job for men
In Dogon culture, weaving is a job for men
In Dogon culture, weaving is a job for men
In Dogon culture, weaving is a job for men
A Dogon household
A Dogon village
A Dogon village in the plain
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
Bamba village
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
Dogon houses require occasional maintenance work
Dogon houses require occasional maintenance work
Dogon houses require occasional maintenance work
Dogon houses require occasional maintenance work
Dogon houses require occasional maintenance work
Dogon houses require occasional maintenance work
map of Dogon country
The Dogon People
Sanga
The Dogon People
The Dogon People
The Bandiagara Escarpment
The Bandiagara Escarpment
The Bandiagara Escarpment
Toguna
The Bandiagara Escarpment
A Dogon village
The Bandiagara Escarpment
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
Dogon woman with her baby
A Dogon elder
A Dogon village
Dogon Masks
Dogon Masks
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
The Dance of Masks
Dogon Masks
The Dogon People
Dogon Mask
Dogon Masks
Fulani women
The Dance of Masks
The Dance of Masks
the Escarpment of Bandiagara
The Dance of Masks
The Dance of Masks
A Fulani boy with his lamb
A Dogon village
Dogon Masks
A Dogon village
The Dance of Masks
The Dance of Masks
A Dogon village
The Dance of Masks
A Dogon woman
The Dance of Masks
A Dogon household
A Dogon elder
Dogon Mask
The Bandiagara Escarpment
Toguna
Dogon Mask
Dogon Masks
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
carrying water
The village chief
The Dance of Masks
Dogon Masks
Dogon Masks
Dogon Mask
The Dance of Masks
A Dogon village
A Dogon village
The Dance of Masks
Dogon woman
The Dance of Masks
Dogon mask
Dogon masks
The village chief
Dogon mask
The Dance of Masks
The Dance of Masks
Dogon masks
The Dance of Masks
The Dance of Masks
The Dance of Masks
Dogon masks
Bamba village
a tailor
The port on the Niger River, at nearb Mopti
The port on the Niger River, at nearb Mopti
The port on the Niger River, at nearby Mopti