Coordinates: 12°24′50″N 16°44′53″W / 12.414°N 16.748°W / 12.414; -16.748

Boucotte Diola

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Boucotte Diola
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Coordinates: 12°24′50″N 16°44′53″W / 12.414°N 16.748°W / 12.414; -16.748
CountryFile:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
RegionZiguinchor
DepartmentOussouye
ArrondissementKabrousse
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
197
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

Boucotte Diola is a settlement in Senegal. At the time of the last [when?] census, there were 197 inhabitants, 27 households, and no modern well.[1] The inhabitants speak the Kwatay language, one of the Jola languages.

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Museum guide in Boucotte playing the ekonting

It hosts the Boucotte Sangawatt Museum, an open-air museum dedicated to the culture of the Jola people. The museum preserves, amongst other things, musical traditions, hunting and fishing technologies, handicrafts, the traditional cultivation of African rice (a separate species from the common Asian rice), and the making of bounouk, a palm wine, of which it gives out samples to guests.[2]

References

  1. "PEPAM". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  2. "Le musée Sangawatt de Boucotte | Office de tourisme de Casamance". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

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