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A symbolic first step<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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After the interruption caused by the occupation of the city of Timbuktu by terrorists and other armed groups, Mali's National Directorate for Cultural Heritage and UNESCO helped the local population to carry out the traditional plastering work on the minaret and eastern wall of the Great Mosque of Djinguarey Ber. This operation, which we advocated at the seminars organized by UNESCO and the MCC (Paris, February 19; Bamako, June 8) in collaboration with Mali's Ministry of Culture, is highly symbolic. On the one hand, it represents the population's takeover of this major monument to the city and its identity. Secondly, by uniting all the different components of the population around a single goal, it has played a unifying role. Finally, it is also a sign, eagerly awaited by the people of Timbuktu, of the launch of solidarity actions which we hope will soon enable life to return to normal in Timbuktu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Text by Alpha Diop \/ DNPC-UNESCO Mission, August 2013<\/h2>\n

After an interruption of around two rainy seasons, due to the occupation of the city of Timbuktu by terrorists and other armed groups, the plastering of the minaret and acroterial wall of the Grand Mosque of Djinguareyber took place on Thursday, August 15, 2013.\u00a0deux saisons des pluies<\/em>, due \u00e0 l\u2019occupation de la ville de Tombouctou par les terroristes et autres groupes arm\u00e9s, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 proc\u00e9d\u00e9 le jeudi 15 Ao\u00fbt 2013 au cr\u00e9pissage du minaret et du mur acrot\u00e8re de la grande mosqu\u00e9e de Djinguareyber.<\/p>\n

As usual, preparations were coordinated by the Imam, the mosque's management committee and the traditional masons' guild with the head of the masons' guild, responsible for the Djingareyber mosque.<\/p>\n

On the morning of this August 15, 2013, under the supervision of the traditional masons, a final mixing of the banco plaster that had already been prepared for several days was first carried out. The technique used here is known as \u201crotting\u201d. Rice and millet husks were added to the banco mixture.<\/p>\n

Baobab (or monkey pine) powder is added to plaster the eastern and southern facades. This powder makes the plaster more resistant to rainwater, which in Timbuktu comes mainly from the east and sometimes from the south.<\/p>\n

The people of Timbuktu take an active part in the traditional plastering of the mosque.<\/p>\n

This year, the plaster was prepared in bins to the south of the mosque. It was transported by the youngsters from the bins to the roof of the mosque.<\/p>\n

When a large quantity of plaster had been transported to the roof, the symbolic start of the work was given by the head of the traditional masons responsible for the upkeep of the mosque (usually a single family is in charge).<\/p>\n

The morning's work covered the north and west faces of the central minaret, as well as the acroterial walls on the west and south sides of the mosque.<\/p>\n

Plastering work on the east and south facades of the minaret is scheduled for the afternoon after the Asr prayer (4pm).<\/p>\n

The start of this work is marked by the \u201cceremonial cotton strip\u201d.<\/p>\n

This strip of cotton is prepared by the\u200e old masons<\/strong>\u200e with knots, and incantations are also said. It is then threaded onto the\u200e young masons<\/strong>\u200e who climb to the top of the minaret to begin plastering its eastern facade.<\/p>\n

This strip of cotton cloth, which is given by the elders to the young masons, is a sort of umbilical link between the generations and is supposed to protect the workers from accidents (falls) during the work.<\/p>\n

At the end of the plastering work, the Imam of the Djingareyber mosque, surrounded for the occasion by those of the Sankor\u00e9 and Sidi Yahia mosques, offered his blessings to all participants and to the entire population of the town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Partners<\/h2>\n

Direction nationale du patrimoine culturel du Mali, UNESCO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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