Mont Niénokoué is an inselberg in the Taï National Park in the Bas-Sassandra District of south-west Ivory Coast.
[citation needed] According to Oupayou Gnaoué, the chief of the Trépo people, their village was originally on the site of Mont Niénokoué.
One day the inselberg, fell from the sky onto the village, imprisoning the inhabitants underneath it.
Since then, each generation has performed a ceremony imploring the ancestors to bless the population with happiness and success.
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