FESTIVAL DE KOUNANTOU

In April-May this festival takes place in the village of Koumantou between Bougouni and Sikasso. In the programme: music, crafts and dance. Especially an ancestral dance named Tiéblemké, which is no longer feature by a small group of people at this festival. It is said that this dance is announced half an hour before the arrival of the dancers, and while the first movements begin, the rain starts to fall in the dry season!