Gambia
Sand Origin
Senegambia beach, Kololi
Random Sand Fact
In The Gambia, there’s a ritual for making the rain stop: a pile of sand where roads meet.
When downpours grow heavy enough to threaten floods, people in some villages turn to an old ritual called korondoo.
It comes in several versions. In one, a pile of sand is placed at a crossroads. Others use plants or a blacksmith’s bellows.
The ritual is recorded in The Gambia’s national register of intangible cultural heritage.
