Snapshots - Market Scenes 12

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Dogon onions, market day, Bandiagara, Mali, June 1998
Photo ©1998 by L. Lee McIntyre


Large baskets and gourds full of dried onions are offered for sale to shoppers in the market. These are pounded up in a mortar and used to flavor sauces to be served with boiled millet or sorghum or rice as a daily meal.







revised February 23, 1999