Dogon
Do•gon
(ˈdoʊ gɒn)n., pl. -gons, (esp. collectively) -gon.
单词 | dogon |
释义 | DogonDo•gon(ˈdoʊ gɒn)n., pl. -gons, (esp. collectively) -gon. DogonDogon(dōgän`), African people who live on the bend of the Niger River in the Republic of Mali in West Africa. A patrilineal, sedentary agricultural people, they number over 360,000. They depend mainly on grain crops for their food. Believed to be the original inhabitants of the Niger valley, they lived for thousands of years in completely isolated villages cut out of the cliffs of the Hombori Mts. Many still live in these inaccessible rock caves. The Dogon are known for their art work, which is highly prized.BibliographySee M. Griaule, Conversations with Ogotemmêli (1965); K. Ezra, Art of the Dogon (1988). Dogon(Dogom), a people living in the Republic of Mali in the Bandiagara Plateau region. There were over 300,000 Dogon according to a 1967 estimate. Linguistically they belong to the Gur group (central Bantoid). About 50 percent of the Dogon are Moslems; the remainder retain their ancient traditional beliefs. Agriculture is their basic occupation; in some areas irrigation is used. They also herd cattle. REFERENCESOl’derogge, D. A. Zapadnyi Sudan v XV-XIX vv. Moscow-Leningrad, 1960.Palau, Marti (Montserrat). Les Dogon. Paris, 1957. |
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