• whole Serer community celebrates in honour of the exemplary lives they had lived on earth in accordance with the teachings of the Serer religion. Serer prayers...
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  • one percent practuce Traditional African religions such as Serer spirituality, the spiritual beliefs of the Serer people. According to the Berkley Center...
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  • and disinheritance may be levied against a Serer who disobeys the law. The Serer-Noon (a sub-group of the Serer people) adhere strongly to this teaching...
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    southeastern Nigeria) Serer religion (Serer of Senegal and northern West Africa) Vodun (Fon and Ewe of Benin and southwestern Nigeria) Nuer religion (Nuer people...
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    the Seex (Serer or Serer-Sine), Serer-Noon (sometimes spelt "Serer-None", "Serer-Non" or just Noon), Serer-Ndut (also spelt "N’doute"), Serer-Njeghene...
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    eclipse on 16 April. In the religion of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania, Sirius is called Yoonir from the Serer language (and some of...
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  • reincarnation (ciiɗ) of the ancient Serer saints and ancestral spirits, called Pangool, is a well-held principle in Serer religion. These Pangool (singular : Fangool)...
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  • The Serer creation myth is the traditional creation myth of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. Many Serers who adhere to the tenets...
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  • African religions Kikuyu Gikuyu and Mumbi Serer creation myth YAAB and YOP (first human couple (female and male respectively) created by Roog in Serer religion)...
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    the Serer tumuli and burial chambers, many of which have survived for more than a thousand years. Thus, Somb is not only the tree of life in Serer society...
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    Gambia portal Religion portal Demographics of Gambia Islam in Gambia Christianity in Gambia Serer religion Serer creation myth Religion in Senegal "Africa:...
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    seeds among other things relevant to Serer lives and Serer country. "Yoonir" is the symbol of the universe in Serer cosmology and creation mythology. A...
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  • Takhar (redirect from Takhar (Serer deity))
    Takhar or Taahkarr (in Serer and Cangin) is a demi-god in the Serer religion worshipped by many Serers (an ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia and...
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    Much of it comes from archaeological discoveries and Serer tradition rooted in the Serer religion. In Charles Becker's paper titled "Vestiges historiques...
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    Serer Kings The Serer-Ndut or Ndut also spelt (Ndoute or N'doute) are an ethnic group in Senegal numbering 38600. They are part of the Serer people who...
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    with Serer ancient and medieval history. Many of the ancient Serer sites are found within this region. It is also one of the holy places in the Serer religion...
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    members of the Serer ethnic group found in Senegambia. Inhabitants of the area are called Bawol-Bawol which takes its name from the Serer mode of pluralisation...
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    Pentagram (category Serer religious symbols)
    symbol of the Serer religion and the Serer people of West Africa. Called Yoonir in their language, it symbolizes the universe in the Serer creation myth...
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  • Roog (redirect from Roog (Serer deity))
    languages) is the Supreme God and creator of the Serer religion of the Senegambia region. In Serer, roog means sky or the heavens. Roog is sometimes...
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    uthras, and prophets such as Adam and John the Baptist. In the religion of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania, some of their ancient...
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    deity in Serer religion is Roog. However, there are many deities and Pangool (singular : Fangool, the interceders with the divine) in Serer religion. Each...
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  • Lamane (redirect from Serer lamane)
    Lamane or laman (Serer: Laamaan or Lamaan, (Serer vocable: laam or lam (to inherit )) mean "master of the land" in Serer. The name was also sometimes...
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  • Serer maternal clans or Serer matriclans (Serer : Tim or Tiim; Ndut : Ciiɗim) are the maternal clans of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania...
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  • Look up Serer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Serer may refer to: Serer people Serer language Serer religion Rafael Calvo Serer (1916-1988), Spanish...
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  • Tiurakh (category Serer gods)
    Tulrakh) is one of the demi-gods of the Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. In the Serer religion, Tiurakh is regarded as the god of wealth...
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    Senegal (category Articles containing Serer-language text)
    Serer from the Serer language, rooted in Serer values and serer religion, not Wolof. See: (in French) Gravrand, Henry, "L'HERITAGE SPIRITUEL SEREER:...
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    to her. The Serer religion and creation myth posits jackals were among the first animals created by Roog, the supreme deity of the Serer people. "jackal"...
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    Odinani, Serer religion (A ƭat Roog), and Yoruba religion, while Bushongo mythology, Mbuti (Pygmy) mythology, Lugbara mythology, Dinka religion, and Lotuko...
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  • Xooy (category Serer religion)
    The Xooy (meaning "macerate" in Serer, sometimes spelled Xoy or Khoy) is a Serer divination ceremony held once a year in Fatick, Senegal. The Xooy is one...
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