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SERERS

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 664 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SCY-SHA
SERERS , a
Negroid
 
people
 , living in
Senegambia
 . They are of the same stock as the
Wolof
 , and in some parts form communities with them. Elsewhere they have mixed with the Mandingo, to which race belong most of their ruling families. The country of the pure Serers lies between the Gambia and Salum rivers to the
south
  of Cape Verde. In this domain of nearly 5000 sq. m. the tribe has two
main
  divisions, the None Serers and the Sine Serers. The Serers are an extraordinarily tall race, even excelling in height their kinsfolk, the
Wolof
 . Men of 6 ft. 6 in., with muscular development in proportion, are by no means rare. They are less black than the Wolof and
have features more purely
negroid
  with coarser lips and heavier jaws. Many Serers are nominally Mahommedans, but nature-
worship
  is still prevalent. Their two
chief
  gods are Takhar, god of
justice
 , and Tiurakh, god of wealth, who are worshipped at the foot of trees.
Snakes
 , too, have their cult, and formerly living animals were sacrificed to them. A belief in transmigration, as shown by their funeral customs, is general among the Serers. They are an honest and industrious
people
 , but are very heavy drinkers.


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