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Djenné image gallery (10)

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  1. Young boy with donkey cart in front of the Grande Mosque du Djenne.

    boy with donkey cart, Grande Mosque

    by Matthew Schoenfelder

  2. Man reading his Koran outside the Djenne Mosque.
  3. Mud-built house in Djenne's backstreets.

    Mud-built house, Djenne

    by Matt Fletcher

  4. People unloading pirogues on the Bani River at Djenne's main northern entrance on Monday market day.
  5. Two boys poling a pirogue (dugout), Niger River.

    boys poling pirogue, Niger River

    by Ariadne Van Zandbergen

  6. Grande Mosquee (Great Mosque) with Monday market in foreground.
  7. A woman with children in traditional colourful clothing.
  8. A local woman walking past the entrance to the mosque built in the traditional Sahel style, using mud bricks and wooden beams that extend from the walls so that ladders can be supported when it comes time to repair the mud rendering after the rainy season - Djenne, Mopti
  9. A young boy at Djenne's Grand Mosque.

    boy at Djenne's Grand Mosque

    by Ariadne Van Zandbergen

  10. Detail of a tower from the Grand Mosque, the largest mud-brick building in the world. The spire is capped with an ostrich egg, which symbolises fertility and purity.

    Detail of a tower, Grand Mosque

    by Ariadne Van Zandbergen

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