 Recent studies show that talibés average just less than 8 hours per day, every day, begging.The exact sums that a talibé must yield each day vary between daaras.A survey of 175 talibes revealed that the average sum demanded by a marabout is 373 CFA (US$0.79), rising to 445 CFA (US$0.94) on holy days when greater almsgiving is customary.