Dakar, Oct 8 (APS) – The weekend newspapers compete in finds to evoke the fervor that seized Tivaouane and Medina Baye (Kaolack), high places of the celebration of Gamou, an event commemorating the birth of the Prophet Mouhamed (PSL).
Thousands of Muslim faithful continued to rally Tivaouane and Medina Baye in Kaolack, the main centers of celebration during the night from Saturday to Sunday of the birth of the prophet of Islam.
”The fervor of Gamou is taking over the country”, thus sums up in Le Soleil, which evokes a ”record influx of seekers of spiritual food in Tivaouane”.
”In reconnecting with Gamou, after a two-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Tidiane community is in great communion in Tivaouane to celebrate, under the direction of the Caliph-General, Serigne Babacar Sy Mansour, the birth of the prophet Mouhamed (PSL)”, underlines the newspaper in its columns.
He adds that the city of Maodo Malick Sy, the chosen land of Islam, is, on this day of celebration, “the pole of attraction for several thousand disciples who have come to drink long drafts from the divine source of mercy. ”.
Tivaouane, a town in the Thiès region, began to celebrate Gamou from 1902, under the leadership of El Hadji Malick Sy dit Maodo, one of the main figures of Tidianya in the country, who died 100 years ago. .
Trying to explain the reasons for this religious fervor in Tivaouane, AS believes that this enthusiasm is certainly linked to the fact that the city of El Hadji Malick Sy, precursor of the celebration of this night, was deprived of this event during two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Tivaouane in the light of Maodo”, exults Le Quotidien, which has chosen to focus on the management of pandemics, which has become a tradition in the family of El Hadji Malick Sy.
”It is enough to take a retrospective look at the history of our country and to exploit the cross-checks drawn from several sources, all worthy of faith, to highlight the role played by Mame El Hadji Malick Sy and his descendants after the occurrence of serious illnesses, ”says the publication.
She recalls that the country’s history had already been marked by the appearance of epidemics and pandemics such as yellow fever, plague, cholera, Covid-19, some more devastating than the others.
For its part, Wakf Quotidien highlighted the visit made by the President of the Republic to Medina Baye, a town in Kaolack very prominent in the celebration of Gamou. The newspaper notably illustrated its front page with a photo showing the Head of State collecting prayers from the Caliph General of the Niassene community of Medina Baye, Cheikh Mahi Niass.
”If the President of the Republic, Macky Sall, had gone to Medina Baye Niass to get support, his mission was largely accomplished. The caliph of Medina Baye, who received it yesterday, highly complimented it”, supports the newspaper
It must be said that the event is traditionally used by political actors to pay courtesy visits to the religious guides of the celebratory centers of Mawlid.
L’Observateur reports, for example, that in Tivaouane, Friday was marked by visits from the President of the National Assembly, Amadou Mame Diop, and a delegation from Yewwi Askan-wi, an opposition coalition .
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