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The Xooy
The Xooy should not be confused with the Raan festival, which is another major event in the Serer religious calendar. The Xooy is organized by MALANGO, whilst the Raan is organized and presided over by the Joof family—at their ancestral home in Tukar. The Xooy takes place in late May early June, whilst the Raan takes place yearly on the second Thursday in April after the appearance of the new moon[10]
On the last day of the Xooy ceremony, the Serer cosmological star
The late Saltigue Biram Pouye from Diobass, Senegal, was one of the renowned saltigues of his generation. However, he stopped attending the event, but instead, used to send his messenger every year to Fatick MALANGO to deliver his divination to the public.[13] Saltigue Khane Diouf is another revered Saltigue who historically have had a high accuracy record in her predictions.[14][15]
The Xooy was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2013.[2][16]
Controversy
In recent years, some followers of Serer religion, as well as Serer organizations like the Seereer Resource Centre (SRC) and Seereer Radio have criticised the organizers (MALANGO) for their over-commercialization of this sacred ceremony, and for the ceremony not being a true reflection of how their Serer ancestors used to do it. In this regard, the Seereer Resource Centre has been extremely vocal about some of the Saltigue allowed to participate in this sacred ceremony, who proclaim themselves as bona fides saltigues—but whom the SRC refer to as "charlatans proclaiming themselves as genuine saltigis." Yet, "have neither been initiated nor do they adhere to the tenets of Seereer/African spirituality."[13]
See also
Traditional African religion portal
References
- ^ ISBN 2-7384-5196-9
- ^ a b c "Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal". UNESCO Culture Sector. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ISBN 2-7384-5196-9
- ^ a b Africa Consultants International (2000), Yëgóo: magazine d'échanges inter-culturels, Issues 0-11, p. lix
- ^ Meurtres à la chaîne: "le Sénégal sous l'emprise des djinns" (30 Nov. 2016)
- ISBN 9789291300471
- ^ "Hivernage pluvieux, deuxième mandat de Macky Sall, mort d'un journaliste : Les prédications des "Saltigués" Sérères" (in French). Dakar Actu. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Seneweb News, XOY 2012 A FATICK :Les Saltigués prédisent une victoire finale des Lions pour la Can 2013 (3 June 2012) [1]
- ^ Seneweb News, Fatick – « Xoy » 2013 : Un serpent « mystique » disperse les reporters et divise les Saltigui (3 June 2013) [2]
- ISBN 0-520-23591-6
- ^ Xoy : 5th June 2016, by The Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio
- ^ Gravrand, Pangool, p. 100
- ^ a b The Seereer Resource Centre, Seereer Radio and Seereer Heritage Press, Our special tribute to Saltigi Biram Pouye. 16 September 1940 (Sanghe, Jooɓaas) - 2 February 2019 (Sanghe) [in] Seereer Radio (9 February 2019) [3] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
- ^ Coulibaly. Aly, « Médecine traditionnelle » Malango et ses 450 tradipraticiens (correspondant de la Pana) [4] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
- ^ LeQuotidien, Séance de xoy : Les Saltigués voient le pire partout (25 Jun 2018) [5] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
- ISBN 9783319231532 [6](retrieved 3 March 2020)
Bibliography
- Kalis, Simone, Médecine traditionnelle, religion et divination ches les Seereer Siin du Sénégal – La connaissance de la nuit, ISBN 2-7384-5196-9
- UNESCO, Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal. UNESCO Culture Sector [7] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
- Biagetti, Stefano; Lugli, Francesca; The Intangible Elements of Culture in Ethnoarchaeological Research, ISBN 9783319231532 [8](retrieved 3 March 2020)
- Africa Consultants International (2000), Yëgóo: magazine d'échanges inter-culturels, Issues 0-11, p. lix
- Dione, Salif, L'appel du ndut: ou, L'initiation des garçons seereer, ISBN 9789291300471
- Galvan, Dennis Charles, The State Must Be Our Master of Fire: How Peasants Craft Culturally Sustainable Development in Senegal. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2004, p. 202, ISBN 0-520-23591-6
- ISBN 2-7236-1055-1
External links
- Xooy on UNESCO's official YouTube Channel: Xooy, a divination ceremony among the Serer of Senegal [9] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
- Xoy : 5 June 2016;;, by The Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio on the Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio's official YouTube Channel [10] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
- Sene News, Les « Saltigués » sérères prédisent la réélection de Macky Sall et annoncent un décès (25 June 2018) [11] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
- Meurtres à la chaîne: "le Sénégal sous l'emprise des djinns (30 Nov 2016) [12] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
- The Seereer Resource Centre, Seereer Radio and Seereer Heritage Press, Our special tribute to Saltigi Biram Pouye. 16 September 1940 (Sanghe, Jooɓaas) - 2 February 2019 (Sanghe) [in] Seereer Radio (9 February 2019) [13] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
- LeQuotidien, Séance de xoy : Les Saltigués voient le pire partout (25 Jun 2018) [14] (retrieved 3 March 2020)
Further reading
- École pratique des hautes études (France). Section des sciences économiques et sociales, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Cahiers d'études africaines, Volume 42, Issues 1-2; Volume 42, Issues 165-166, Mouton (2002)
- Diouf, Marcel Mahawa, Lances mâles: Léopold Sédar Senghor et les traditions sérères, Centre d'études linguistiques et historiques par tradition orale (1996)
- Diarra, Malick, Echos d'un regard lointain, Editions Publibook (2006), ISBN 9782748333282, [15]
- Samb, Djibril, Clef alphabétique des songes (ed. 2), Nouvelles éditions africaines du Sénégal (1998)