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initiative, trying to develop Sédhiou. Once a week his students meet in a religious house called Daraa built with their own hands, play the drums and dance and sing screaming out God’s name or “Jerefif”, to thank God in Wolof. Catholic Christianity is mainly represented by the Diola in the region of Casamance (Lonely Planet Senegal 2007). Ancestors play an important role as well and fetishes called Grigris. Grigris are part of the animist heritage to calm down bad spirits an bring good luck and they show the perfect synthesis between traditional beliefs and Islam: the word of God in the form of Koranic verses sewed into tiny leather bags which are worn around waist, arms or neck protect its owner from all kinds of dangers; very popular are those which prevent knives or bullets from entering your skin! A sentence you hear at every corner of Sédhiou is certainly 62
that “Africa has its mysteries” which cannot be explained in a rational way. There are hundreds of oral animist traditions which hold a lot of secrets: natural objects can be seen as spirits as well as invisible phenomena and practically everything that can’t be explained and is therefore given a magic meaning. Spirits are all around, good and bad ones, and only people with the sixth sense can perceive them. They can take over all sorts of appearances and sit as owls in Baobab trees, the “houses of spirits”. According to certain villagers it is not recommendable to be on the street at 2 o’clock in the morning if you want to avoid a meeting with the devil himself. How to recognize him? Take a look at his feet: if the toes point into the wrong direction, run as fast as you can! And be careful with your hair, your personal signature or a picture of yours- in case it gets into the wrong hands, your soul might be possessed and enslaved forever. But there are a lot of natural mystics with good effects: during a marriage in the raining season a grey sky is threatening the guests? A lady with special mystic gifts might pray the rain away while the men are heavily discussing if such a practice is Muslim or 63
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GUIDE OF SÉDHIOU Some tips to bett
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INTRODUCTION AFRICA IS TOO BIG FOR
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GEOGRAPHY Capital: Dakar Border Cou
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CASAMANCE This is the southern geog
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Moving to the internal area of the
Page 11 and 12: Contacts of the Municipality Tél :
Page 13 and 14: may vary between countries (Senegal
Page 16 and 17: ENVIRONMENT THE CLIMATE The particu
Page 18 and 19: Thus, this region is very rich of t
Page 20 and 21: Some species are protected because
Page 22 and 23: who are trained in health centres (
Page 24 and 25: 8 midwives paid by the State 1 soc
Page 26 and 27: have not visited the hospital. It s
Page 28 and 29: malaria cases. As throughout Senega
Page 30 and 31: is not precise. Once the patient re
Page 32 and 33: visit (ticket). In addition, he mus
Page 34 and 35: EDUCATION Introduction to the educa
Page 36 and 37: forms of education provided to publ
Page 38 and 39: about 10,000 units. Because of the
Page 40 and 41: only one year per cycle. All the te
Page 42 and 43: insisting or remember your ignoranc
Page 44 and 45: woman it is not a personal assoltme
Page 46 and 47: On the streets you will always meet
Page 48 and 49: ON THE STREETS OF SEDHIOU Streetpic
Page 50 and 51: to understand your needs. Entering
Page 52 and 53: a mother breastfeeding her child or
Page 54 and 55: often are we used to tell people at
Page 56 and 57: THE SENEGALESE FAMILY If you have t
Page 58 and 59: she starts to prepare dinner. Impor
Page 60 and 61: RELIGION AND TRADITIONAL BELIEFS «
Page 64 and 65: simply superstition. Another import
Page 66 and 67: goes down again. This means no eati
Page 68 and 69: THE POLYGAMY “A man without a wom
Page 70 and 71: fighting for their husbands’ atte
Page 72 and 73: The Maffé, another typical dish of
Page 74 and 75: MUSIC AND DANCING "Allahu akbar", s
Page 76 and 77: "When I play, I forget the pain aft
Page 78 and 79: ART AND GAMES Arts In this little v
Page 80 and 81: Games In Sédhiou, children have to
Page 82 and 83: CLOTHES AND HAIRSTYLES TISSUES The
Page 84 and 85: In weddings, baptisms or Muslim spe
Page 86 and 87: hair only. If women do not have tim
Page 88 and 89: till night or sell peanuts and bana
Page 90 and 91: When you take a walk through Sédhi
Page 92 and 93: education system. On the first sigh
Page 94 and 95: In ancient times, the fighter was c
Page 96 and 97: a Nation and became a symbol of ind
Page 98 and 99: Mancédou bar during the weekend. D
Page 100 and 101: is that they stop at every village
Page 102 and 103: TOURISM Sédhiou, capital of the re
Page 104 and 105: as well. There are two other discos
Page 106 and 107: The devil island situated in the mi
Page 108 and 109: WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE VISITING SENE
Page 110 and 111: ather complicated. There are no vac
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preparation for this. Here you'll k
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SPECIAL THANKS TO: For all the info
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