The Bedick, or Bedik, are a minority

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of Africa. They live in villages in the most isolated area of eastern Senegal, in the Arrondissement of Bandafassi.BANDAFASSI DSS, SENEGAL
is one of their settlements. The Bedick speak the Bedik languagebr>
and their religion is a syncretism, blend between their

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roots and a more recent

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influence. More connected with Guinea Conakry or Mali than with Senegal, Bedick people have contact with other ethnic groups like Bassari and Serer. Their ancestors are the families Keita and Camera that came from Mali because of the War led by Alpha Yaye coming from Fouta Djalon.

Gallery

Bedik ceramic pots in storage area, Southeast Sénégal (West Africa) (4232333462).jpg, Bedick ceramic pots in storage. Bedik hairstyling, Iwol, southeast Senegal (431680801).jpg, Bedick hairstyling in Iwol. Bedik hairstyling, Iwol, southeast Senegal (West Africa) (989178952).jpg, Bedick hairstyling in Iwol. Bedik Houses and large clay pots, Iwol, Southeast Sénégal (West Africa) (431681034).jpg, Bedick houses in Iwol. Bedik village of Iwol, Southeast Sénégal (462983188).jpg, Image of Iwol. Bedik village Southeast Sénégal (West Africa) (4231572359).jpg, Bedick village. Bedik Woman, Iwol, Sénégal (West Africa) 1982 (2545056327).jpg, Bedick woman, Iwol. Offerkipsenegal.jpg, Bedick diviner sacrifices a chicken. BedikDiviner.jpg, Bedick diviner predicting outcomes by examining the organs of a sacrificed chicken. BedikStatues.jpg, Bedick statue from village of Ibel. BedikVillage.jpg, Bedick village. BedikWoman.jpg, Bedick woman at Iwol. Large clay pot for brewing alcoholic beverage in the Bedik village of Iwol in southeastern Senegal (West Africa) (536275763).jpg, Large clay pot for brewing alcoholic beverage at Iwol. SEN Village Chief Theodore.jpg, "Village chief of Boula Téné, Theodore Mada Keita, holds up the fonio grain Digitaria exilis that helps feed his family in southern Senegal. Boula Tene is a Bedik village of 200 in the southeast of Senegal, Tambacounda region. Trees near a Bedik village, southeast Sénégal (west Africa) (2734407024).jpg, Trees at the edge of a Bedick village.

References

Ethnic groups in Senegal {{Senegal-stub