Rallies and the Wodaabe feasts
The Wodaabe, nomadic pastoralists whose origins are lost in prehistory, gather every year after the rainy season, in certain areas of Chad’s Sahel, to celebrate great feasts. In a privileged region of cool pastures, the Wodaabe nomadize en masse with their herds, both to subject the beasts to mineralizing and deparasitic treatment and to carry out important tribal gatherings: the feast is in fact one of the few opportunities for this dispersed people to meet.
- INFODuration: 9 days
Minimum number of participants: 8We will set up our camp next to nomadic encampments, participating in spontaneous and original festivals during which young nomads, both men and women, dance and give free rein to their extravagant creativity, taste for disguise and unrestrained worship of beauty, which has always been one of the cornerstones of Wodaabe life
During these annual tribal gatherings, the men take the opportunity to show off their beauty in the celebration of the feast, a crucial time for exchanging news and for weaving new friendships and love relationships. In fact, the Wodaabe are polygamous, but only the first marriage is arranged by families according to traditional rules; instead, during the Gerewol festival spontaneous bonds develop into permanent or one-night relationships. Very interesting and crucial is the role of young women: they will be the ones to choose the mate of a night or life, even breaking pre-existing ties.
Complex and interesting is the organization of the festival, at the head of which are the elders, both men and women, who, although they have lost their agility in dancing and skill in singing, deeply feel this event by lively exhorting the young people to express the utmost of their skill and sensuality.
- PRACTICAL INFORMATION4×4 vehicles
1 night in hotel, 6 in tents, day-use rooms during last daysTour leader Spazi d’Avventura
- DATES AND COSTS
From Departure
Return Price Europe 12 October 2024 20 October 2024 from € 2.690 - EXTRASingle room and single tent supplement: € 90
Single tent supplement:€ 30
Paperwork administration : € 60
Medical insurance and baggage - NOT INCLUDEDInternational flights
Visa: 180 €