Thousands of Malians have replastered the iconic earthen mosque in the historic city of Djenne during an annual ceremony that helps preserve the World Heritage site. First erected in the 13th century ...

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DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali’s historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been ...

La cérémonie annuelle a pour but de protéger des intempéries le plus grand monument en terre au monde selon l’Unesco, avant la saison des fortes pluies.

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Djenne’s mosque requires a new layer of mud each year before the start of the rainy season in June, or the building will fall into disrepair. Skip to content Mastodon.

Djenne’s mosque requires a new layer of mud each year before the start of the rainy season in June, or the building will fall into disrepair. The replastering event once drew tens of thousands ...

In one of Mali’s oldest towns, poverty and climate change are eroding the resolve of residents to safeguard a slice of the world’s architectural heritage. Djenné has existed since at least ...

Musique dansante et rythmes de tambours en toile de fond, les hommes de cette ville ont recouvert jeudi d'enduit de terre les murs de l'immense édifice religieux aux trois minarets emblématiques, ont ...

Mali’s historic city of Djenné was once a center of Islamic learning, known for its sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage in Danger list since 2016 ...

Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the UNESCO World ...

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on ...