Tivaouane

Each week, followers come to visit the tombs of religious leaders, especially that of El-Hadji Malick Sy.Visitors flock each year to celebrate the birth of Muhammad in a festival called the Maouloud (or Gamou, in Wolof, a word borrowed from the Serer word Gamahou or Gamohou - meaning "to find the lost heart", which is one of the ancient Serer religious festivals[2]).The influence of the Muslim brotherhoods of Senegal helps to explain the dramatic demographic growth of the city, which had a population of less than 7900 in 1960.[3] In 2022, the recently inaugurated Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh [fr] Hospital in Tivaouane caught fire due to a short circuit.Tivaouane is a regional transport hub, where the route nationale n° 2 connecting Dakar and Saint-Louis passes near Thiès.
Mosque of Serigne Babacar Sy
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