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The Tuareg : Blue Men of the Sahara
Algeria, Tuareg Cavalryman,1960
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT F. SISSON
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The Tuareg language, a branch of the
Berber languages, has an estimated 1.2
million speakers. About half this number is
accounted for by speakers of the Eastern
dialect (Tamajaq, Tawallammat). Most
Tuareg live in the Saharan parts of Niger,
Mali, and Algeria. Being nomadic, they
move constantly across national borders,
and small groups of Tuareg also live in
southeastern Algeria, southwestern Libya
and northern Burkina Faso, and a small
community in northern Nigeria.
Tuareg People
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The Tuareg are "largely matrilineal".Tuareg women
have high status compared with their Arab
counterparts. Other distinctive aspects of Tuareg
culture include clothing, food, language, religion,
arts, astronomy, nomadic architecture, traditional
weapons, music, films, games, and economic
activities.
In Tuareg society women do not traditionally wear
the veil, whereas men do. The most famous Tuareg
symbol is the Tagelmust (also called éghéwed),
referred to as a Cheche (pronounced "Shesh"), an
often indigo blue-colored veil called Alasho. The
men's facial covering originates from the belief that
such action wards off evil spirits. It may have related
instrumentally from the need for protection from
the harsh desert sands.
--Wiki Pedia
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There are thought to be more than a million Tuareg people, separated into different family groups.
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The camels are of vital importance in the Sahara, and are often the only thing a man is left with when he gets divorced.
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Photo by George Steinmetz 6
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Women keep the tent and all the possessions when they split, including the domestic animals which the tribe relies on to survive.
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Photo by Henrietta Bulter
A Tuareg man in a traditional indigo veil, which is likely to leave his face with a blue mark across his skin. 8
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It is the men who cover up their faces, while the women are happy to show off their faces - although they often cover their hair.
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For a Tuareg man, it is highly shameful to eat in front of his mother-in-law, who commands great respect.
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The Tuareg have travelled across the Sahara for more than 1,000 years, the camels leading the way to fresh pastures.
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Traditional way of transporting salt
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The 19th Ghat Festival in Tripoli , December 2013 In the annual event
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A female murzuq band member wears a traditional costume of highly coloured clothing and a headpiece adorned with buttons and shells.
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The 19th Ghat Festival in Libya , December 2013 In the annual event
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Touaregs at the Festival au Desert near Timbuktu, Mali
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A diagram of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina is one of the treasures found among thousands of ancient manuscripts.
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