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January 23, 2011

Pounding millet | Begnemato, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x
More millet-pounding...ubiquitous Malian scene. The cat skins hanging on the granary though...that's different.

Welcome | Begnemato, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x

Dogon woodwork | Begnemato, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x

Football | Konsongo, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x
Our guide, porter, and camp owner entertaining themselves during the usual interminable wait for a lunch cooked over a wood fire.

Festival du Danses Masques | Nombori, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x

Festival du Danses Masques | Nombori, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x

Festival du Danses Masques | Nombori, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x
The women start with a somewhat more low-key dance before the men come out in their elaborate masks. Many women came late, either pregnant or toting babies, seeming to just saunter out of their homes to casually join in the dance.

Pounding millet | Nombori, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Agfa APX 100
It seems there are women pounding millet at any given moment all over Mali.

Mud bricks | Nombori, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Agfa APX 100

January 21, 2011

Lunchtime | Konsongo, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Agfa APX 100
Even Malians get bored during the standard 2-hour wait for a meal in Dogon country.

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