Editing Fatick region (section)

==History==
{{main|Serer ancient history|Timeline of Serer history|Serer religion|Serer creation myth}}

The area is rich with [[Timeline of Serer history|Serer ancient]] and [[Serer history (medieval era to present)|medieval history]].<ref name="Becks">{{in lang|fr}} Becker, Charles, "Vestiges historiques, trémoins matériels du passé clans les pays sereer", [[Dakar]] (1993), CNRS - ORS TO M</ref><ref name="Gu">{{in lang|fr}} Gueye, Pape Samba, "Analyses des blocages de l'introduction des langues nationales dans l'enseignement elementaire formel au Senegal: etude dans la commune de Fatick", [[Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis]]  (2010)</ref><ref name="Kas">{{in lang|fr}} [[Sine-Saloum]] [in] Kassoumay {{cite web |url=http://www.kassoumay.com/senegal/sine-saloum.html |title=Le Sénégal - Delta du Sine Saloum |access-date=2012-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604214343/http://www.kassoumay.com/senegal/sine-saloum.html |archive-date=2012-06-04 }} (Retrieved : 13 July 2012)</ref> Many of the [[Serer ancient history|ancient Serer sites]] are found within this region.<ref name="Becks"/><ref name="Kas"/> It is also [[:Category:Serer holy places|one of the holy places]] in the [[Serer religion]].<ref>''African Studies Quarterly'', Volume 14, Issue 3 (March 2014), "Fed Up: Creating a New Type of Senegal through the Arts", Guest Editors: Enz, Molly Krueger and Bryson, Devin, Published by the Center for African Studies, [[University of Florida]], p. 36 (note 5), {{ISSN|2152-2448}} [http://asq.africa.ufl.edu/files/Volume-14-Issue-3.pdf] (Retrieved 4 June 2018)</ref> The [[Xooy]] Ceremony (or ''Khoy''), a divination festival by the Serer priestly class (the [[Saltigue]]s) is held within this region once a year.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://lasenegalaise.com/index.php?lasenegalaise=infos&infos=societe&societe=17103# "Révélation de saltigué : Touba va accueillir la dépouille d’une célébrité venue de Dakar"] Xoy 2011 [in] La Sénégalaise, published 6/6/2011 (Retrieved : 13 July 2012)</ref> The population is overrun by the [[Serer people]]. Historically, it was part of the Serer pre-colonial [[Kingdom of Sine]].<ref name="Gu"/><ref name="Kas"/> In 1859, [[the Battle of Logandème]] took place within this region. It was a battle of resistance by the ''Siin-Siin'' (Serer people of Sine) against [[Second French Empire|French colonialism]]. It is called in some French scholarly works as the ''Battle of Fatick''.