Doesn't someone have the common decency to build a McDonalds down there??

CALM DOWN PEOPLE! Jeez, it's not like you have the technology to refrigerate your excess catch.

Doesn't look like much of a lake. I'm assuming it holds more water during a rainy season?

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You can bet they have more bibles than food. Thanks to the missionaries.

Brilliant!!! >> ^honkeytonk73:

You can bet they have more bibles than food. Thanks to the missionaries.

Savages!!

A little more info. Interesting that they share all the fish and then divide them.

http://reportage.co.uk/features/antogo-the-sacred-dogon-fishing-ritual/

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well why wait for a starting signle if its a FFA? tradition.

i would posit not sharing would make you known as someone who doesnt honor the tradition.

if you didnt honor the tradition, why do it at all? a measly fish for yourself?

naw, i think you're not thinkin! in fact, here's a good reason:

"Antogo – embedded in mystery and magic – symbolises peace and cohesion among Dogon villages, absence of conflict and the sharing of the gifts coming from a common good."

also, thousands? from link "hundreds of Dogon come from all parts of the country to Bamba’s lake. "

Sustainable.

Too many people.

>> ^honkeytonk73:
You can bet they have more bibles than food. Thanks to the missionaries.


And just what do you think they use as fuel to cook the fish?

In this day and age you think that the their local government or even the international community could set up sustainable farming so that maybe they could have fish when ever they wanted...

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>> ^shadownc:
A little more info. Interesting that they share all the fish and then divide them.
http://reportage.co.uk/features/antogo-the-sacred-dogon-fishing-ritual/



I wouldn't believe that. Why hold a FFA that is clearly competitive just to split it up? I have a feeling a few may share but a lot probably don't.

Also, I'm not sure if this is stated anywhere but I am pretty sure they do this so that the fish aren't wasted once the "lake" dries up. Pretty good idea, really.


1. It's exciting and fun. 2. There's bragging rights in catching the most fish to hand over to the elder, even if you don't get to om'nom every fishy yourself.

It looks like Black Friday at Walmart.

Go Sméagol! It's your birthday.

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Give a man a fish he eats for a day. Give a man a crazy ass basket and a sacred lake and well, apparently he still only eats for a day.

@MycroftHomlz There are so many reasons "local government" can't/won't help in many African countries. To understand we first have to try to put aside our First World mindsets.

The first is that everyone in the impoverished countries are in continual power struggles thus there is no solid government to speak of. We often see kids with AK-47's because one faction came to him while he was out playing and said "Fight with us and you will get food and clothing, if not you and your whole village will die." Unfortunately a massive number of people are going to suffer at either decision that child makes.

The second is most of those same countries are in debt to the World Bank. So when a stable government is put in place the first thing the World Bank takes away is social assistance programs. The World Bank cares about one thing, it's "mutha fu*king money". They don't care how or why they get it. Africa has comparatively few natural resources for export and the ones they do have they either don't have the technology to harvest (oil), are owned by DeBeers (diamonds) or run by Christopher Walken (gold).

There are many other factors but these are some of the biggest reasons why there are no government programs. Thus it is left up to you and me. Or if that sounds to big a task we can always let the big businesses in to take care of them. They probably aren't that greedy, right? *cough Goldman Sachs

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That's not a lake. It's a pond.

The music makes it sound like they're fighting to the death. I've seen greater violence at WalMart during the holidays. And why do they have the Gladiator lady singing at the end? Sigh.

No upvote for the ridiculous Hollywood action music.

Upvote for "thousands of fishermen" actually being thousands of fishermen.

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