The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town in the Sahara DJANET, Algeria -- In one hand, the dancers hold swords ...

Stemming from Mali and Angora, Tinariwen’s current lineup includes at least seven members, but that’s only an estimate. The collective has been around since the late ’70s, and because of the Tuareg ...

Sebeiba is a core tradition of the Tuareg people, native to the Sahara and parts of West Africa. The Tuareg are Muslim, and their native language is Tamasheq, though many speak some combination of ...

For the people of Djanet, it’s a sort of sacred day.” While the most widely known part of Sebeiba is the dance competition on the last day, the nine days leading up to it are also full of ...

This year, Ashoura and Sebeiba fell on July 6, when temperatures in Djanet reached about 38 C (100 F). Still, more than 1,000 people gathered to watch Sebeiba at a sandy square marking the center ...

For the people of Djanet, it’s a sort of sacred day.” While the most widely known part of Sebeiba is the dance competition on the last day, the nine days leading up to it are also full of ...

The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town in the Sahara. The 10-day event features dances, chants and a friendly ...

"The way the Malian state treated our people, before it was chased out of here last year, we cannot allow that to happen again," the elderly Tuareg clan chief Intallah ag Attaher, shrouded in ...