🇸🇳 Senegal
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🏆 Top 10 Religious & spiritual Festival
Grand Magal of Touba
Major Mouride religious festival
When
Usually July-August
Duration
1 day
Where
Senegal
When it happensTimed by the season, the harvest or the moon, so it drifts by weeks from year to year.
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Where it happens
Commemorates the exile of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba, founder of the Mouride brotherhood
How it's celebrated
Pilgrimage to Touba, religious ceremonies, communal meals
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Last updated 5 Sep 2026.