Senegal

Senegal is a West African crossroads known for griot lineages, sabar drumming, wrestling and Sufi brotherhoods.

Games & sport Music & dance Food & cooking Spirituality & rites Crafts

Knowledge in this place

Laamb wrestling

Laamb wrestling

Laamb couples traditional wrestling with drumming, charms and ceremonial entrances.

Sabar drumming

Sabar drumming

Wolof drummers play sabar ensembles to drive dance at neighbourhood gatherings.

Thieboudienne cooking

Thieboudienne cooking

Senegal's national dish layers rice cooked with fish, tomato and vegetables.

Magal of Touba

Magal of Touba

The Mouride brotherhood gathers in Touba for the Grand Magal pilgrimage.

Spirituality & rites

Souwère glass painting

Souwère glass painting

Artists paint scenes of daily life and saints on the back of glass panes.