Village Beni

village on flat rocky shelf overlooking plains on one side and a ravine on the other, a few km from cliffs; one of the oldest Dogon villages in the zone; farming (fields in plains below) and herding; apiaries (honey); extracting oils from fruit pits (Lannea, Balanites, Vitellaria); gardening in the ravine (African eggplant, chili pepper, yams, lettuce, sugar cane, guava, mango, onion)

Location
14°51'8.64"N, 2°56'47.10"W; (14.85, -2.95) source: Dogon project
Transcribed name
bê:n
Language
Ben Tey
Surnames
Kagoye, Morogoye

Photos

Description
womens pond BenT lewdiney
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
mosque
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
cliff at beginning of ravine BenT yerjimbe
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
judgment house BenT kala taayn
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
approach
Date
2011-03-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
houses1
Date
2011-04-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
Yasumoy shelter Kirill
Date
2009-07-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
houses2
Date
2011-04-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
Yasumoy shelter front
Date
2009-07-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
palaver complex 3part BenT kumbii pEy
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
ravine BenT bara
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
rockpond BenT juju
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
group photo
Date
2005-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
village across ravine
Date
2005-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
spring BenT dambo
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
Yasumoy shelter BenT yasumoytaay rear
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
rock pond BenT taNgaso
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)
Description
well BenT komkuguru
Date
2006-10-01
Creator
Location
14°50'60.00"N, 2°57'0.00"W; (14.85, -2.95)

Documentary videos

Description
Arakam, shepherds bread
Duration
7:07
Formats
Description
Cream of millet with curdled milk
Duration
8:11
Formats
Description
Daaraa, cooked spiced ground millet with butter
Duration
2:27
Formats
Description
Nuwipara, Cowpea and millet meal
Duration
8:29
Formats
Description
Flavored cream of millet
Duration
12:27
Formats
Description
Pirikesere, simple cooked ground millet
Duration
4:04
Formats
Description
Roasting half-ripe millet
Duration
1:05
Formats
Description
Sagusooro, cooked millet with roselle leaf sauce
Duration
5:32
Formats
Description
Spiced millet rolls
Duration
10:10
Formats
Description
Driving off grain-eating birds
Duration
2:07
Formats
Description
Groundnut farming
Duration
2:09
Formats
Description
Sesame farming
Duration
7:43
Formats
Description
Collecting honey
Duration
8:47
Formats
Description
Grasshopper hunt
Duration
4:51
Formats
Description
Water lily harvest
Duration
6:32
Formats
Description
Making soap
Duration
3:00
Formats
Description
Wild grape seed oil
Duration
4:46
Formats
Description
Weaving
Duration
8:54
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