Journey to the heart of West Africa and discover the mesmerising Gerewol Festival of the Wodaabe people. In this episode of The India Today Culture Project, Manish Adhikary narrates the story of ...

And once a year they go all-out at the Gerewol fertility festival, often known as the wife-stealing festival, where men dress up and compete in a series of dances to win the admiration of female ...

How the men of Chad's Wodaabe culture put on their make-up and don their best clothes to impress would-be brides at a week-long festival. Wodaabe men perform the "Yaake" ritual dance as part of ...

These unusual beauty contests, known as Gerewol, celebrate the fertility the rains bring to the parched edge of the Sahara. Filmed for the BBC's Human Planet, Niger's Wodaabe men decorate their ...

Members of the country's Wodaabe Fula tribe are seen competing in the Gerewol, a week-long festival where bachelors compete for the attention of young women. The ritual makes up part of the Cure ...

“I’ve always been fascinated by the Wodaabes’ face painting for their Gerewol ceremony.” One of the statement items of the season was Tongoro designer Sarah Diouf’s “Cairo” face ...

Wodaabe men perform the "Yaake" ritual dance as part of the Gerewol, a week-long courtship ceremony in Chad. It must be one of the only African cultures which allows girls to take the lead in ...

These unusual beauty contests, known as Gerewol, celebrate the fertility the rains bring to the parched edge of the Sahara. Filmed for the BBC's Human Planet, Niger's Wodaabe men decorate their ...

“I’ve always been fascinated by the Wodaabes’ face painting for their Gerewol ceremony.” One of the statement items of the season was Tongoro designer Sarah Diouf’s “Cairo” face ...