Sangha (sometimes spelled Sanga) is a rural commune in the Cercle of Bandigara in the

Mopti Region Mopti (Fula language, Fulfulde: 𞤁𞤭𞥅𞤱𞤢𞤤 𞤃𞤮𞥅𞤩𞤼𞤭𞥅, transliterated ''Diiwal Moobti'') is the fifth administrative region of Mali, covering 79,017 km2. Its capital is the city of Mopti. During the Mali War, ...

Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...

. The commune contains around 44 small villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 32,513. The administrative centre (''

chef-lieu An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

'') is the village of Sangha Ogol Leye, one of a cluster of at least 10 small villages at the top of the

Bandiagara Escarpment The Bandiagara Escarpment (, ) is a sandstone cliff in the Dogon country of Mali. It rises about above the lower sandy flats to the south, and has a length of approximately . The area of the escarpment is inhabited today by the Dogon people. ...

. The commune is known as a centre for Dogon traditional religion with many temples and shrines, and as a base for visitors to the local

Dogon Dogon may refer to: *Dogon people, an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa *Dogon languages The Dogon languages are a small closely related language family that is spoken by the Dogon people of Mali and may ...

villages.

Toro So Escarpment Dogon is a continuum of Dogon dialects of the Bandiagara Escarpment, including the standard language. There are three principal dialects: *Toro So ''Tɔrɔ sɔɔ'', called ''Bomu Tegu'' in the plains languages and also known as ''D ...

is spoken in the village of Sangha. Most of the ethnographic work by

Marcel Griaule Marcel Griaule (16 May 1898 – 23 February 1956) was a French author and anthropologist known for his studies of the Dogon people of West Africa, and for pioneering ethnographic field studies in France. He worked together with Germaine ...

was carried out among the Dogon of Sangha.

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ASC Leiden - W.E.A. van Beek Collection - Dogon markets 11 - Multi coloured clothing at the Sangha market, Mali 1992.jpg, Multicoloured clothing at Sangha market, 1992 ASC Leiden - W.E.A. van Beek Collection - Dogon markets 07 - Women with children and cassava roots at Sangha market, Mali 1992.jpg, Women with children and cassava roots at Sangha market, 1992 Palabres.jpg, A

toguna A toguna (or palaver hut), also written as ''togu'na'' or ''togu na'' (meaning "great shelter") is a public building erected by the Dogon people in the West African country of Mali. Togunas are usually located in the center of the village. Togu ...

at Sangha, 2006 ASangha 03.JPG, View of Sangha, 2007 DogonSirige2.JPG, Multistoried masks during a dance in Sangha, 2007 PorteMali.jpg, Door of the house of the Hogon in Sangha, Ogol quarter, 2007

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