Dogon Tribe; It is a primitive tribe living in the African Republic of Mali. The advanced knowledge of astronomy of this tribe, which lives in a disconnected manner from the modern world, astonishes the scientific world. The scientific world is discovering a lot of information that the Dogons have had for centuries. The tribe, which has been researched since the 1930s and wondered by many scientists, is thought to have an extraterrestrial origin.
The population of this tribe living in the barren lands of Africa is around 250 thousand. Continuing their culture through oral transmission, the tribe knows only the rings of Saturn and the 4 moons of Jupiter, which can be observed with a telescope. This information was observed for the first time in the modern world by Galileo. The Dogons believe in the existence of countless stars and the spiraling power of the Milky Way, which includes the Earth. They know that the earth is round, that it revolves around the sun, that the earth revolves around itself. They know that Sirius is not actually a single star, but forms a triple system as Sirius A, B, C, and they revolve around each other every 50 years.
There is an entity known as “Nommolar” on the basis of the symbols used by the Dogons, who describe their knowledge with symbols. These beings are both land and water creatures believed to have come from outer space to civilize the world. According to the Dogon priests, the Nommo who lived on a planet in the cirrus system in ancient times came down to earth and taught the priests what they knew. This information has been passed down from generation to generation. According to the tribe, the Nommos are the creators of the world, the ancestors of mankind, and the guardians of spiritual principles.
Discovered by astronomers in 1995, the star Sirius C is the third star in the Sirius system, which the Dogon call ‘Emme Ya’ and which they say is the planet of the Nommo. The Dogons know that the star Sirius is the brightest, that next to Sirius there is another small, faint, dense star that cannot be seen with the naked eye, and that the star’s exact position is present. The existence of the faint star mentioned by the Dogons was not known to astronomers until the 19th century. This faint star was discovered by the American astronomer Alvan Graham Clark in 1862 and named Sirius B.
The star Sirius and the stars and planets believed to revolve around it form the basis of Dogon mythology.
The connection between the Dogon and the star Sirius has also attracted the attention of UFO researchers, astronomers and scientists. A lot of research has been done about the origin of the tribe and how they got the deep knowledge of astronomy they had. In fact, the archaeologist Erich Von Daniken interpreted this information of the Dogon tribe as definitive proof that extraterrestrials visited Earth in the past.
American scientist Robert Temple, who was researching about the Dogons, found symbols symbolizing the arrival and landing of a Nommo spaceship. The ship is said to have landed southeast of where the Dogons live. According to the Dogon priests, the ship landed on dry land and swirled as it descended, creating a large amount of dust. These beings, who came to the world by ships from Sirius, will return one day.
It is said that all the information disclosed by the Dogons to date actually constitutes a part of what they know. Researchers agree that the Dogon did not reveal all they knew. The Dogons, with whom civilization came into contact only in the 1930s, do not have any technical tools. How they got so much information is an unsolved issue.
Information About the Dogon Tribe
the Dogons; They are an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger fold, near the city of Bandiagara and in Burkina Faso. The tribe has its own traditions, religious beliefs, languages and lifestyles. The tribe living in the ‘Bandiagara Rocks’ region of Mali does not have any technological tools. They live in deep valleys resembling the grand canyon, in huts made of earth and wood on the edge of the cliffs.
The tribe earns their living by hunting, gathering, farming and animal husbandry. They increase the yield of agricultural products with the pigeon manure they obtain by climbing hundreds of meters of rocks with handmade ropes and sell these products in the neighborhood markets. At the same time, sculptures, clothes and masks made by wood and leather work are among the other occupations of the tribe. Due to the lack of a census, the tribe whose exact population is unknown is thought to be around 250 thousand. The population of the villages, whose management is undertaken by the local leaders, is around 500. There are approximately over 700 villages. The rulers who take on both the religious and political responsibilities of the villages are called hogon.
The language spoken by the tribe, which does not have a written language and alphabet, varies from village to village. They use the oral tradition method and the symbols they draw on the cave walls to transfer what they know to future generations. It is thought that the tribe, whose origins are not clear, migrated from Egypt between the 13th and 16th centuries. There is a part of the tribe that believes in Islam and Christianity. But they mostly believe in a tribal religion with a single creator originating from “animism” similar to the Ancient Egyptian Civilization. The god of the tribe in this belief is called ‘Amma’. According to the belief, Amma created the universe from a single particle.
Boys and girls are circumcised to purify the newly born members of the tribe from evil. The Dogon, who believe in the afterlife, also separate the soul and the body after death. The Dogons, who believe that they will meet Amma in heaven, perform sacred dance ceremonies for this meeting to take place. These ceremonies are in the form of displaying various dance figures by wearing colorful carved masks that convey different meanings. It is believed that the restless souls who are in suspense through dances regain their peace. The masks were shaped using wood carving technique and colored with various paints. According to the Dogons, these masks are objects that build the bridge between the material world and the spiritual world for human beings. In Dogon mythology, it is believed that each of these masks, which are worn on death and various festivals, have a different meaning.
