Tuareg

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One of the “Blue Men” shares his world and his history, as spare as the Sahara itself. Here, in order to live you must know how to read the tracks in the sand and in the stars, to find your way to water. Simple, essential words, spoken in the majestic surroundings that inspire them…

In another rare moment, the Kel Tadele Tuaregs, dispersed on the edge of the Tenere Desert, gather for the illughan. A few dozen men on their finest camels and women on richly caparisoned donkeys meet for 24 hours for a ritual celebration, with camel races and mock abductions. But nothing can curb the women’s disarming freedom of speech…

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