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"When I play, I forget the pain after a while. It is like making love with God", a drummer comments with a smile. Apparently contradictory to the religious singings is the Sabar drumming as a means of e.g. celebrating the beginning of summer holidays in Sédhiou. While the drums are giving the rhythm, a group of girls and women is entering the dancing scenery barfoot and shaking certain parts of the body, especially pelvis, knees, legs and ass, in a way that makes Europeans' faces flush in the first moment. This very sexualized way of expressing themselves is seen as a normal part of their tribal past and adds another piece to the very colourful puzzle of Senegalese music.African dance has the concept of polyrhythm and total body articulation with the absence of close couple dancing as this was seen immoral in traditional societies. The national dance music in Senegal, a fusion of Western music like jazz, soul and Latin blended with traditional Sabar drumming, is called Mbalax and is played from night clubs to religious and cultural gatherings. It ows its great popularity mainly to the big African superstar Youssou N'Dour who is even more popular than the president in 76
Senegal and always on new ways when it comes to intercultural experiments in music. Not to forget Viviane N'Dour, a very popular female singer who combines R'n B and Hip Hop to a unique style of Mbalax and last but not least Akon, a Senegalese singer who is known throughout Europe thanks to his song "You're so beautiful", which you can hear at almost every street corner. All in all it has to be underlined that music in Sédhiou is a very active and interactive thing. When you refuse to dance or admit that you don't like singing you risk to be seen as an alien. Among the young people every second person is a cool Hip Hopper or a relaxed Reggae man because singing, dancing and playing instruments is, at least for Senegalese men and women, like breathing. How to survive without it? 77
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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
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Contacts of the Municipality Tél :
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may vary between countries (Senegal
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ENVIRONMENT THE CLIMATE The particu
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Thus, this region is very rich of t
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Some species are protected because
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who are trained in health centres (
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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 62 and 63: initiative, trying to develop Sédh
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 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
Page 112 and 113: preparation for this. Here you'll k
Page 114 and 115: SPECIAL THANKS TO: For all the info
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