
The Great Mosque of Djenne. Photograph: Ousmane Makaveli/AFP/Getty Images
Thousands of people gather each year to replaster the walls of the city of Djenné’s Great Mosque
Ousmane Makaveli / AFP / Getty Images
Wed 7 Jun 2023 07.00 BST
- Mud is carried to the mosque
- Woman carry buckets of water to help with the re
- plastering
- The first mosque on the site was built around the 13th century, but the current structure dates from 190
- A young boy shows the Malian flag
- Children help during the replastering
- Men climb ladders as they replaster the mosque
- People carry buckets of mud
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