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In a religion from this country, the first living being was created, then immediately split into four sets of twins. In a story from this modern-day country, the universe began from (15[1])the sound “Yo,” which created Faro, Teliko, and Pemba. A snake-shaped “great mask” representing a dead ancestor is used (-5[1])in a ceremony of one people from this country which takes place once every sixty years, and is called Sigi. (15[1])One group from this (-5[1])country may have believed that (15[1])“Masters of the Water” came from (*) Sirius. In this country, Abdel Kader Haidara saved 370,000 (10[1])manuscripts, leading Joshua Hammer to dub him a “Bad-Ass Librarian.” The fish-like (10[1])Nommo are beings from this country’s Dogon religion. (10[1])Toron palm bundles jut from the sides of the largest adobe brick building in the world, a masjid in this country. For 10 points, name this country home to the Great Mosque of Djenne and the Djinguereber Mosque of Timbuktu. ■END■

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