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Grand Magal in Touba Honors Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, Attracts Millions of Pilgrims
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Millions gather in Senegal to honour Bamba
Around two million people gathered in Touba, Senegal, on Tuesday to mark the 131st Grand Magal of Sheikh Amadou Bamba. The annual festival, held on the 18th day of the Islamic month of Safar, celebrates Bamba’s spiritual rank achieved during his exile under French colonial rule. Mourides from across Senegal and the diaspora in the US, France, and Italy formed kilometer-long queues to visit the Grand Touba Mosque and Bamba’s tomb. “Magal,” meanin…
The holy city of Touba welcomed people for the celebration of the exile of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbaké. The representative of the religious guide Serigne Mountakha Mbacké will face an important delegation coming to magnify the call of the saint in this religious city. The Minister of the Interior, General Jean-Baptiste Tine, representing the government, is also expected under the capital.
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