DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Djenne’s mosque requires a new layer of mud each year before the start of the rainy season in June, or the building will fall into disrepair. DJENNE, Mali (AP ...

As with the rest of Mali, Djenne’s tourism industry ... Traditionally men and boys are responsible for climbing the mosque and applying the new layer of mud, while women and girls are ...

DJENNE, Mali — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the ...

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians carrying ... government forces and other groups. Djenne’s mosque requires a new layer of mud each year before the rainy season starts in June, or ...

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians carrying ... government forces and other groups. Djenne’s mosque requires a new layer of mud each year before the start of the rainy season in June ...

DJENNE, MaliDJENNE, Mali — Thousands of Malians carrying ... government forces and other groups. Djenne’s mosque requires a new layer of mud each year before the rainy season starts in June ...

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians carrying buckets and jugs of mud joined the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the ...

As with the rest of Mali, Djenne’s tourism industry ... from the nearby river to mix with clay to make the mud, and men and boys climb the mosque and apply the new layer. Moussa Moriba Diakité ...

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians joined the replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne ...