On the other hand, the yovo (western or anything that is not black) cannot take place on the beach in a swimsuit (Coralli, op.cit.). This wide sandy strip serves as a vast playful, recreational, rest and leisure area.ģEuropeans, even dressed in the Western style, who travel to this atypical territory, to photograph and investigate, are well accepted by the population.
This relaxation area, without opening hours, would make up for the lack of public green and leisure spaces in the center of the city (gardens, public parks) (Coralli, 2007). This place is fashionable, especially for the youth of the economic capital of the country, for partying on weekends (music, dance, alcohol, hookah), mainly on Sunday afternoons. On the beaches of sub-Saharan Africa as well as in Madagascar, a specifically African beach culture has emerged, with very little borrowing and hybridization with the 4 "S".ĢFidjrossè Beach in Cotonou, Benin, is an open public, open. Historical, ethnic, anthropological, religious reasons contribute to shaping a beach culture far removed from the 4 “S” (sea, sand, sex, sun) specific to Western civilizations. In their sensory universe, a specific corporeality leads to an aversion to sand, an avoidance of the sun, the absence of naked bodies, and little interest in bathing in the sea for pleasure. 1African populations have unique relationships with the beach (water, sand, sun, body).
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