page_title: Baïla
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Baïla / History
caption_attribution_description: Boukout (rites d'initiation) à Baïla (Casamance, Sénégal)
context_page_description: Baïla is a village in the rural community of Suelle, Sindian, Bignona, Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal.
context_section_description: Boukout, a Jola rite of passage, took place in Baïla for the first time in 1971, but it was 36 years before it was held there again. On August 4, 2007, thousands of people gathered for the occasion. In 2002, the French commune of Houdan committed to providing Baïla with humanitarian aid, both economically and culturally.
caption: A participant in the boukout of 2007
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