[2][3] The Raan Festival (a major event in the Serer religious calendar) takes place each year at Tukar, two weeks after the appearance of the new moon in April.

Jegan Joof who was also a mix-farmer and with a large cattle herd felt he was being overtaxed unjustly.

[7] In the Serer religion, the Raan Festival takes place once a year in Tukar, on the second Thursday after the new moon in April.

In this festival, the Serer high priests and priestesses known as the Saltigues make offering of millets and wine to the shrine of Saint Luguuñ Joof.

This Holy Saint (or Pangool in Serer) is said to have guided Lamane Jegan Joof when he migrated from Lambaye in search of new land to exploit.