Des sites sacrés à incendier : feux rituels et bosquets sacrés chez les Bwaba du Burkina Faso et les Bassar du Togo Dugast Stéphan auteur aut IRD text journalArticle fre text/pdf born digital access Many West African societies, notably in the voltaic cultural area, light ritual bush fires every year in places strictly reserved for this purpose. Although widespread amongst the region's societies, the phenomenon is little researched. Yet, this practice is of primary importance in local rituals and social organisations and reveals local representations of nature. This article is based on a comparative study carried out among two societies separated by several hundred kilometres. The study documents variants and constants of this cultural practice. specialized Burkina Faso Togo Bwaba Bassar ritual bush fires sacred groves sacred kingship nature/society relations 106 Anthropos 101 2 413-427 2006 0257-9774 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072240 0257-9774 [F B010072240] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072240 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/depot/2018-02-27/010072240.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2006-11-30 2018-05-16 fdi:010072240 fre