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Grand Magal

Communauté rurale de Touba Mosquée, Arrondissement de Ndame, Département de Mbacké, Région de Diourbel, Sénégal

A 2-minute field recording by j.carlos.gomez510 made in Touba, Senegal on 17 October 2019, in the afternoon. Soundscape: crowds & voices, prayer, chant & ritual and soundwalks.

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Grand Magal
2:02Public Domain Markby j.carlos.gomez510Internet Archive
2:02
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Recordist's notes

Sounds of people and vehicles on one of the main roads that runs to the Great Mosque of Touba, during the Grand Magal in October 2019. The Illa Touba was almost completely closed to vehicles to accommodate all of the people that visit the city and walk to the Mosque.

Written by j.carlos.gomez510 on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Touba is a city of about 1,120,824 people in Diourbel Region, Senegal. OttoAnna lists 2 field recordings from here.

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