Gerewol Festival - The most amazing cultural trip to Chad
Gerewol of the Wodaabe in Chad, the ceremony of the most beautiful people in the world.In Southern Sahara region, there are one of the Africa's most enigmatic and interesting people: the Wodaabe or Bororo (Mbororo)
In September, end of the rainy season, every year in the surroundings of Dourbali, about 120 kilometers from the capital of Chad, two large Wodaabe family clans (the Soudousoukai and the Japto) come together for an impressive beauty contest known as Gerewol Festival.
The Gerewol dance
The Gerewol consists on a ceremony where men dance and compete to be the most beautiful. Women are the judges and can choose their future husband.
For these dances, men prepare themselves with their best clothes and accessories, painting their faces red (Gerewol) or yellow (Yaake) and highlighting the eyes and lips of black makeup, which makes the white of their teeth and eyes bright even more.
During the dance men are arranged aligned, being the youngest those who are placed in the extremes. The dances and the songs are hypnotic and are repeated for hours and hours.
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