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Desertification in Mauritania

Mauritanie. Chinguetti. The city of Chinguetti is the fifth holy city of the Moslem religion. It is also a city threatened by sands of the desert and that empties of these inhabitants. Funeral to Chinguetti. An old man died. The linceuil is put on the ground. The inhabitants come to join for a fast prayer then the body is buried in the quite close cemetery. The women are held aside.

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Mauritanie. Chinguetti. The city of Chinguetti is the fifth holy city of the Moslem religion. It is also a city threatened by sands of the desert and that empties of these inhabitants. Funeral to Chinguetti. An old man died. The linceuil is put on the ground. The inhabitants come to join for a fast prayer then the body is buried in the quite close cemetery. The women are held aside.