The Chad Gerewol Festival

The Gerewol festival of the Wodaabe combines the three centers of attention of the Fulani, the beauty, the cattle and the family.

The afternoon falls and we begin to hear some chants, some men begin to gather. The rest of the families are not arrived yet, we are told that tomorrow it will be a great day.

The day drawns in the Sahel. While we prepare our breakfasts, the Bororo do the same. The first thing is to make fire to prepare the tea. From early in the morning men make their lives in their groups and women and children on other groups always next to the suudu or stores.
Throughout the morning men begin to prepare themselves for the Gerewol. With patience and perfection, they put on the red make up on their faces, sometimes alone and sometimes with the help of somebody else, but absolutely always looking themselves in the mirror. I had never seen such snooty people before. If there are two things that bororo like, it is tea and looking themselves in the mirror.

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