Boukout (also called bukut or futampaf) is a Jola rite of passage practiced in Ziguinchor, Senegal. There is evidence that this ritual has existed at...
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were ancient Serer festivals rooted in Serer religion, not Islam. The Boukout is one of the Jola's religious ceremonies. There are a small number of...
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On the way to a boukout in Baïla in Jola country...
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have their own religious customs, including a major religious ceremony, Boukout. Owing to a small number of immigrants from South Asia, Hindus and followers...
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Lauque, Badji was killed and subsequently entered into local legend. The boukout, an initiation ceremony, took place in Seleki in 1972. Seleki is part of...
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while the fetishes and sacred groves dedicated to initiation rites such as boukout survive as cultural icons of Casamance, the monotheistic belief systems...
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community of Suelle, Sindian, Bignona, Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal. Boukout, a Jola rite of passage, took place in Baïla for the first time in 1971...
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