Les necropoles de Bourzanga

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Les necropoles de Bourzanga is part of the Tentative list of Burkina Faso in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List. It is a proposed extension of WHS.

The necropolises of Bourzanga are groups of bural sites. They consist of 2 groups: one with Dogon jars (in which the dead were placed vertically) and one with Kurmuba stelae. The graves are underground and the stelae placed on top of them.

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The coordinates shown for all tentative sites were produced as a community effort. They are not official and may change on inscription.

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Full Name
Les necropoles de Bourzanga
Country
Burkina Faso
Added
1996
Extension of
WHS
Type
Cultural
Categories
Structure - Burial
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1996 Added to Tentative List

1980 Rejected

1979 Deferred

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