Saturday, May 17, 2014

Niger: Wodaabe Friends


This Wodaabe nomad man of Niger’s Sahel is watching other men dance the Gerewol, which doubles as an annual male beauty contest between clans. It takes place during the few weeks of rain that provide enough pasture and water for those people’s zebus to allow the tribe to stay together at one place for a while.
    
The way he and a friend lean on each other does not connote homosexuality and is common among Wodaabe men and women.


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