Tuareg Dancing, Sahara Desert

traditional Tuareg dance at the Festival Au Desert , Essakane, Timbuktu, Mali, african music,

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• tuareg
• festival
• sahara
• au
• desert
• essakane
• mali
• music
• tinariwen
• timbuktu
• african
• camel
• sword
• singing

[mrnedthomas]

imagine being there, it gave me chills in the desert!! basically one serious leader/guy from a tuareg tribe arrived from the desert, and he was greeted by the other serious leader looking type guy and they did this dance in the circle... the guy who arrived made his camel dance!

[mrnedthomas]

hey, abdula and darnell201 chill out guys, peace and love to all! love Alex 'Ned 'Thomas

[mrnedthomas]

yeah!

[Afrocentriiq]

i have a question... was that a man and a woman or to men? what does the dance itself mean, whats the significance?

[mrnedthomas]

hi - this is two men, the man in white robes has just arrived on his camel (he made the camel dance and then sit) the dance then started, and i think it is basically one taureg group greeting another..cheers

[hassen1900]

hey guys, i am Mauritanian but i consider tuareg and Malian music the best in Africa

[IAmTheFun1]

Malian music is amazing.

[blowme83x]

Amazing!

[pinz2022]

With the Tuareg, I love how it's the men who are expected to cover their faces. So totally opposite the A-rabs. The sensual elements are totally in-yo-face.

[pinz2022]

@mrnedthomas

All that Islamic garbage has always weighed very lightly on the Turareg. You can practically smell the primordial elements.

[Maatdrummer1]

This gave me the chills watching it. :-)

[yidirovitch]

hat sousi9393 ghir kaykharba9 mskinn.lli khsk ta3raf asousi ana torat olmosi9a dyal biydan hya aslha touareg amazighiza akhoya dyal amazigh nomades dyal mauritani(senhaja) machi dyal biydan olhasaniyin.rahom ghorabaa jaw mn machri9 onzidak des nomades dyal char9 ma3ndhomch ga3 hat torath raai33 jidda;

hamdolah tarikh o arceologia byn lha9i9a dyal ard chamal ifri9iya dyal imazighen.

vive kel taamshek

vive imazighen

[AncientSpeech]

@darnell201 Hamatic-Semetic, Saharan, Niger congo and Niger congo bantu are the largest groups of language in Africa. swahili only makes up a small part. Swahili is just a part of Niger congo bantu. Do not think it could be the largest. Maybe the most popularly known out side of Africa.

[darnell201]

@abqula im well aware that africa doesn't only consist of swahili speakers, but it is the largest african language spoken. Its spoken in nearly 10 different countries, Which is why i refered to it has also the most profitable music. As opposed to mali music which is exclusivley in mali, and taureg people only inhabit in five countries, So if you want to reply to a comment abqula, i suggest you stick to what the comment was about. Ok Rasclot.

[mrnedthomas]

@soussi9393 absolutely!