2024

ZOUKPANA "POTS"

Natural site to discover

It is impossible to find this place, located behind the apostolic church in the Zoukpana district, if you are not accompanied by a guide. Once, when a harmful event threatened Berbérati, the elders gathered on this hill side - offering a breathtaking view of the city - for ceremonies and ritual sacrifices. Today, the place is left out and invaded by the tall grasses. However, it was maintained a few years ago because of its great archaeological interest: " pots ", cavities dug out of the hard and red rock, are the whole plateau. Ruissellement are connecting them to each other. They dates from the iron age, a period where the ancestors here dnsels concentrated latérite, heated up to liquefaction to draw an ferrous metal that serves either the bride's bride or the dot of their weapons. According to legend, when water no longer discharges a pot into a pot to fill them, the peace of the city and the country'does not go well '. Another legend claims that mythical warriors always take care of this site, and that in case of threat they will chase foreigners.

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