Yaboyabo (
Serer, variations : ''Yaabo-Yabo'', ''Yabo Yabo'', ''YABO-YABO'' or ''Yabo-Yabo'') is an ancient village
in the
rural community
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Séssène (var : ''Sessene''), in the
Thiès Region of
Senegal
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History and religious status
Linked to Serer mythology and Serer religion">religion
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and deemed one of the Serer holy sites, Yaboyabo is one of the oldest villages in Senegal.[ Gravrand, Henry, "La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool">Henry Gravrand">Gravrand, Henry, "La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool", vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), pp 205-8, ] According to the Serer creation myth, Yaboyabo takes its name from the first human couple[Genesis of YAAB & YOP » narrated by « Armand Diouf » of Ndimaag (]Senegal
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), nGravrand, Henry, "La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool", vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990), p 204, The narrative went on to state that, the original twins (female and male respectively) were carried from the Empyrean Heaven by an ark.relic
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Serer religion
The Serer religion or Serer spirituality (''Serer language, Serer:'' A ƭat Roog, meaning "the way of the Divine", "path of God", or "religious life"Kalis, Simone, ''Médecine traditionnelle, religion et divination chez les Seereer Siin du Sén� ...
,[Gravrand, "Pangool", pp 208-9] it is highly unlikely to be the original "ark" and was probably an ancient replica. Many Serer homes have ancient artifacts, some of which are religious in nature (see Serer ancient history).
Population
The population is overrun by the Serer people
The Serer people (''Serer language, Serer proper'': Seereer or Sereer) are a West African ethnoreligious groupGastellu, Jean-Marc, ''Petit traité de matrilinarité. L'accumulation dans deux sociétés rurales d'Afrique de l'Ouest'', Cahiers ORST ...
, the original inhabitants. As of 2012, the population is estimated to be between 1715[Senegal country porta]
nhe WatSan Platform.
Geography
Some of the nearest localities include Tattaguine, Mbefel, Saokom, Sakone, Dom and Diarab.
See also
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References
Bibliography
* Gravrand, Henry, "La Civilisation Sereer - Pangool
Pangool (in Serer and Cangin) singular: Fangool (var : ''Pangol'' and ''Fangol''), are the ancient saints and ancestral spirits of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. The Pangool play a crucial role in Serer religion and hist ...
", vol. 2. Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Senegal (1990),
*Becker, Charles, "Vestiges historiques, témoins matériels du passé dans les pays sereer", CNRS-ORSTOM, Dakar, 1993
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Serer holy places
Religious places
Villages in Senegal
Populated places in Thiès region
Serer religion
Serer history