Back شعب البصارى ARZ Bassarilər Azerbaijani Bassaris Catalan Bassari (Volk) German Basarioj Esperanto Basari Spanish Bassarit Finnish Bassari (peuple) French Bassari Italian Бассари Kazakh
The Bassari are an ethnic group who live primarily in Senegal, with some diaspora into Gambia, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. They are a matrilineal society stratified into different co ed social groups by age.[1]: 46 The Bassari speak a Tenda language called o-niyan. They are mainly subsistence farmers growing for self consumption, with fonio being a crop of large importance both to combat climate change and for cultural significance.[2] The majority of the Bassari are animists, and the men take part in the Kore initiation society.[3] Their art is mainly metallurgy, made for both cosmetic decoration and regalia with significance to the initiation society.[1]
- ^ a b Gessain, Monique (1984). Brincard, Marie-Therese (ed.). "Jewels of the Bassari Family". Beauty by Design: The Aesthetics of African Adornment. OCLC 44086513.
- ^ "Senegal Celebrates 'Day of Fonio' as Food Insecurity Looms". VOA. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ Gabail, Laurent (September 2012). "Performing opacity: Initiation and ritual interactions across the ages among the Bassari of Guinea". HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2 (2): 138–162. doi:10.14318/hau2.2.009. ISSN 2575-1433. S2CID 144695501.