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Malian Women Beautify Mud Houses at the Bogo Ja Festival

Malian Women Beautify Mud Houses at the Bogo Ja Festival

The Bogo Ja and Bougou Saba Cultural Centre wanted to honour the Malian tradition of beautifying mud houses by creating a painting competition called Bogo Ja Festival in Siby, Mali. Rather than viewing mud homes as archaic in this modern world, the festival aims to encourage and celebrate earthen architecture and a revive the vanishing tradition of beautifying homes in…

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