Abstract EN:

Between the 12th and the 15th century, horsemen coming from what is now the north of ghana gained control of the basin of the white volta (burkina) and the plain of gando (now mali). The moose, the conquerors, imposed their power on the indigenous populations within an area that stretched from the south to the north - west of the basin. Three generations later, wubri, grand-son of wedraoogo (the great figure in the history of the moose), founded the kingdom of ouagadougou under new political principals. From then on the moog nanamse (the ruling class) strived to develop a complex set of rites,so as to make their power, which stood firm after sixty years of colonisation and thrity seven years of independence, acquire legitimacy and magnificence. The aim of our work of research is to depict royal customs and traditions. We will discover the enthronement of kings, the main aspects of their daily lives and above all the rites surrounding their funerals.