Serer culture

hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa

Mbalax (or mbalakh) is the urban dance music of Senegal, Mauritania and the Gambia. The musical style is rooted in instrumental and vocal styles accompanied by polyrhythmic sabar drumming of the Wolof, a social identity that includes both the original Wolof people of the Greater Senegambia region and the urban panethnic identity that arose during colonialism.

type of folk wrestling

thumb|alt=M'beng M'beng sabar skinned in the traditional method using pegs and "mes" or webbing|M'beng m'beng sabar skinned in the traditional method using pegs and "mes" or webbingThe sabar is a traditional drum from Senegal that is also played in Mauritania, The Gambia. It is associated with Wolof and Serer people.

Thiere or thiéré (Senegalese, Mauritanian spelling) or chere / chereh / cherreh (Gambian spelling), from Wolof cere, itself from the Serer name Ceereer ne (the Serer people); saadj (or sadj or sat) in Serer or saay in Serer Saafi and Cangin, is a millet based Senegalese couscous. It is also consumed in Mauritania and Gambia.