CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF SENEGAL

INTRODUCTION

• "One people, one aim, one faith"? This slogan represents Senegal and its people, which happens to be a very cultural place. "Senegal" comes from the Wolof name of the dugout canoe.

OVERVIEW

• Culture:
• Philosophy
• Arts
• Humanities
• Music and Dance
• Fashion

OVERVIEW Pt. 2

• Traditions:
• Existing Senegalese
• Old Senegalese
• Tribal and Ethnic

Culture

TRIBAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS

TRIBAL AND ETHNIC

• Wolof - 43.3%
• Hal Pularen - 23.8%
• Serrer - 14.7%
• Diola - 3.7%
• Mandink - 3%
• Soninke - 1.1%
• Lebanese - 1%
• Other - 9.4%

Philosophy

PHILOSOPHY

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ARTS

• A new popular arts:
• Glass painting
• Historical scenes and personalities

ARTS PT. 2

• Senegal is famous for its talented artisans, who are forced to seek outshot the country.
• Making beads and amber necklaces.
• Blacksmiths make the jewelry, tools and other materials.

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LITERATURE

Music

MUSIC

• The base of all music in Senegal is traditional, it carries the country's art, history and dance all in one.
• Existing traditional Senegalese rhythms such as, yela which one from old empire.
• Yela is the music of women, as it mimics the sound they make when pounding grain.
• Traditional musical instruments still being used to make music in Senegal are the twenty-one stringed kora, the violin-like riti, the hoddu and the seven-stringed African guitar.

Dance

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Fashion

FASHION

CLOTHING

Traditions

Existing Senegalese

EXISTING TRADITIONS

Old Senegalese

OLD SENEGALESE

CONCLUSION