Gerewol

The Wodaabe Gerewol in Niger, where men paint their faces, whiten their teeth and eyes, and are judged on their beauty by women.

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  1. - 1997 273-13A sky boxes. Sitting on your camel allows you to see over the heads of the crowd. Observers of a Wodaabe Gerewol competition, Niger 1997.
  2. - 1997 275-29 Wodaabe fashion. A Wodaabe man. Niger, 1997 1997 #275-29 Wodaabe fashion.
  3. - 1997 275-31 Wodaabe fashion. A Wodaabe man. Niger, 1997 1997 #275-31 Wodaabe fashion.
  4. - 1997 277-5A Wodaabe (Dula). A Wodaabe man. Niger, 1997 1997 #277-5A Wodaabe (Dula).
  5. - Flickr - Dan Lundberg - 1997 ^270B-9 elders. Wodaabe elders we came across on our way to the Gerewol.
  6. - Flickr - Dan Lundberg - 1997 ^276-27A Wodaabe camp. Several Wodaabe clans have gathered for a Gerewol festival.
  7. - 1997 275-27 Wodaabe fashion. A Wodaabe man. Niger, 1997 1997 #275-27 Wodaabe fashion.
  8. - 1997 274-27 Gerewol. A young Wodaabe maiden coyly judges the contestants at the Gerewol festival. Photographed 1997 in Niger.
  9. - 1997 275-9 Gerewol. At the Gerewol festival, a Wodaabe maiden coyly reviews the contestants to choose a winner. Photographed 1997 in Niger.
  10. - 1997 276-10A Yaake backstage. A Wodaabe man preparing for a Yaake demonstration. Niger, 1997.
  11. - 1997 276-13A Yaake demonstration. The back of Wodaabe men performing a Yaake demonstration. Niger, 1997.
  12. - 1997 276-17A Yaake demonstration. Wodaabe men performing a Yaake dance. Niger, 1997.
  13. - 1997 276-18A Yaake demonstration. Wodaabe performing a Yaake dance. Niger 1997.
  14. - Flickr - Dan Lundberg - 1997 ^276-5A Yaake backstage. Preparing for a Yaake demonstration for the edification of us tourists.
  15. - Tribal Beauty Pageant -- for Men | National Geographic. The contest belongs to the men. Wodaabe dancers rank themselves by height, teeth and eye-whites, roll their eyes and bare their smiles to display exactly those features, and a woman steps forward to name her choice.
  16. - 1997 274-24 Gerewol. Gerewol contestants of the Wodaabe ethnic group sing and dance while flaunting the whiteness of their eyes and teeth. Photographed 1997 in Niger.
  17. - Flickr - Dan Lundberg - 1997 ^273-2A Gerewol. Gerewol contestants sing and dance while flaunting the whiteness of their eyes and teeth.
  18. - Triptychon Geerewol Dances. '. Geerewol celebrations, male dancers of the Wodaabe tribe, Sahel, Niger.
  19. - Wodaabe Peul - traditional. Fulani Wodaabe song accompanies the dance, sung in unison by the men in the line rather than played on instruments.
  20. - THE BORORO MEN FROM NIGER. Men of the Bororo in Niger prepare their faces and headdresses, then take their positions in the row for a dance watched and judged by women.
  21. - Los Hombres Bororo de Níger. The Bororo of Niger, another name for the Wodaabe, keep a courtship gathering in which men take on the paint, the ornament and the dancing.
  22. - Birds of the Wilderness: The Beauty Competition of the Wodaabe People of Niger. Beauty among the Wodaabe of Niger is measured in a dancer's height, the whiteness of his teeth and eyes, and his ability to hold a charming face through an exhausting line dance while women weigh him against the man beside him.
  23. - Woodabe Beauty. What counts as beautiful here is specific: a tall frame, white teeth, clear eyes and a long nose, each of them emphasised by the way a Wodaabe man paints himself.
  24. - Yakee Dance. The yaake is danced upright and almost still: men rise onto their toes, widen their eyes and pull their lips back to show their teeth, holding the expression while the line sways.
  25. - La Danse Des Wodaabe - Extrait. Chant and movement carry the Wodaabe dance, the voices low and sustained while the ornamented men rise and fall together on their toes.
  26. - Odisseia Tribal Os Wodaabe Full Documentary. Wodaabe herding families move with their cattle across the Sahel, and the year builds toward the gathering where the men prepare their ornament and dance for hours in the heat while the women who will judge them look on.
  27. - Balade à cheval à Bouroukou. Balade à cheval d'un bororo à Bouroukou.
  28. - The Wodaabe people dance in their traditional dress - Daily Mail. Beadwork, embroidered tunics, ostrich plumes and faces painted in ochre and white move together as Wodaabe dancers hold their formation, the whole display mounted by the men.
  29. - The Wodaabe people dance in their traditional dress - Daily Mail. Beadwork, embroidered tunics, ostrich plumes and faces painted in ochre and white move together as Wodaabe dancers hold their formation, the whole display mounted by the men.
  30. - Gerewol des PEULS WODAABE - Niger. In Niger, Fulani Wodaabe dancers line up in feathered headpieces and painted faces, voices in unison, moving through the long standing dance under the sun.
  31. - Gerewol des PEULS WODAABE - Niger. In Niger, Fulani Wodaabe dancers line up in feathered headpieces and painted faces, voices in unison, moving through the long standing dance under the sun.
  32. - Wodaabe Gerewol dance. The line moves as one body: painted faces, plumes, linked arms and a low chant that carries the step forward.
  33. - Wodaabe Yaake Dance. A close look at the yaake itself: the raised heels, the rolled eyes, the fixed smile, held in rhythm along the line.
  34. - Wodaabe Gerewol dance. The line moves as one body: painted faces, plumes, linked arms and a low chant that carries the step forward.
  35. - Wodaabe Yaake Dance. A close look at the yaake itself: the raised heels, the rolled eyes, the fixed smile, held in rhythm along the line.
  36. - Africa beauty pageant Niger Woodabe tribe Gerewol beautiful man中国人进入尼日尔沃达贝选美节. Visitors reach a Wodaabe gathering in Niger and watch the men paint and feather themselves through the afternoon before taking up positions in the dance line.
  37. - Africa beauty pageant Niger Woodabe tribe Gerewol beautiful man中国人进入尼日尔沃达贝选美节. Visitors reach a Wodaabe gathering in Niger and watch the men paint and feather themselves through the afternoon before taking up positions in the dance line.
  38. - Gerewol Festival, the Wodaabe Beauty Contest. Faces in ochre and white, teeth deliberately shown, headdresses upright: a short view of Wodaabe men presenting themselves for assessment.
  39. - Gerewol Festival, the Wodaabe Beauty Contest. Faces in ochre and white, teeth deliberately shown, headdresses upright: a short view of Wodaabe men presenting themselves for assessment.
  40. - Gerewol - Niger. A long stay with Wodaabe families in Niger follows the gathering from the grinding of ochre through the whole day of dancing to the moment a woman makes her choice.
  41. - Gerewol - Niger. A long stay with Wodaabe families in Niger follows the gathering from the grinding of ochre through the whole day of dancing to the moment a woman makes her choice.
  42. - 神秘部落04：沃达贝部落千人聚会，选美男子每天化妆6小时，只为博得女神的喜欢 Africa beauty pageant Niger Woodabe tribe Gerewol. Hours go into a single Wodaabe dancer's face before the gerewol begins, layer by layer, all of it aimed at the women who will walk the line and decide.
  43. - 神秘部落04：沃达贝部落千人聚会，选美男子每天化妆6小时，只为博得女神的喜欢 Africa beauty pageant Niger Woodabe tribe Gerewol. Hours go into a single Wodaabe dancer's face before the gerewol begins, layer by layer, all of it aimed at the women who will walk the line and decide.
  44. - Fulani dancers. The Cure Salee festival is an annual gathering of the Tuareg and Wodaabe people. The groups are known for their grand celebrations, elaborate attire, and nomadic lifestyles.
  45. - The beauty pageant where women judge men. Wodaabe men stand shoulder to shoulder in full makeup and beadwork, chanting and rolling their eyes, and it is the women in the audience who do the judging.
  46. - The beauty pageant where women judge men. Wodaabe men stand shoulder to shoulder in full makeup and beadwork, chanting and rolling their eyes, and it is the women in the audience who do the judging.
  47. - Célébration de la beauté masculine chez les Wodaabe. Extrait reportage Africa24.. Male beauty is treated as a public value among the Wodaabe, celebrated in a gathering built around the men's appearance and their performance before women.
  48. - Célébration de la beauté masculine chez les Wodaabe. Extrait reportage Africa24.. Male beauty is treated as a public value among the Wodaabe, celebrated in a gathering built around the men's appearance and their performance before women.
  49. - Niger's beauty pageant where women judge male contestants. The adorned contestants in Niger are men, and the panel is made up of young Wodaabe women who step forward to indicate their pick.
  50. - Niger's beauty pageant where women judge male contestants. The adorned contestants in Niger are men, and the panel is made up of young Wodaabe women who step forward to indicate their pick.
  51. - Wodaabe. Gerewol dance, GEREWOL FESTIVAL, YAAKE DANCE, Guerewol Festival, Chad, Niger. Gerewol festa. Across Niger and Chad the gerewol brings the yaake and the longer ruume dances together, with painted and feathered men performing in rows for an audience of women.
  52. - Wodaabe. Gerewol dance, GEREWOL FESTIVAL, YAAKE DANCE, Guerewol Festival, Chad, Niger. Gerewol festa. Across Niger and Chad the gerewol brings the yaake and the longer ruume dances together, with painted and feathered men performing in rows for an audience of women.
  53. - The WODAABE Male Wooing Dance, Where Ladies Choose Their Husbands Among Africa's Fulani Ethnic Group. Wooing among Fulani Wodaabe communities takes the form of a men's dance, performed in ornament and paint, from which women select the partners they want.
  54. - The WODAABE Male Wooing Dance, Where Ladies Choose Their Husbands Among Africa's Fulani Ethnic Group. Wooing among Fulani Wodaabe communities takes the form of a men's dance, performed in ornament and paint, from which women select the partners they want.
  55. - Gerewol Festival 2024 - Wodaabe Men Beauty Contest In Chad | Wodaabe Tribe Gerewol Festival. Wodaabe men in Chad assemble for the gerewol in beaded and cowrie ornament, chanting in a standing line for hours. Judgement of beauty and charm rests with the young women in front of them.
  56. - Gerewol Festival 2024 - Wodaabe Men Beauty Contest In Chad | Wodaabe Tribe Gerewol Festival. Wodaabe men in Chad assemble for the gerewol in beaded and cowrie ornament, chanting in a standing line for hours. Judgement of beauty and charm rests with the young women in front of them.
  57. - Cure Salée au Niger : le Guéréwol Peul • FRANCE 24. The Cure Salee brings herders and their animals together in Niger each year, and the Fulani gerewol is held alongside it, with the men painted and dancing for the women's decision.
  58. - Cure Salée au Niger : le Guéréwol Peul • FRANCE 24. The Cure Salee brings herders and their animals together in Niger each year, and the Fulani gerewol is held alongside it, with the men painted and dancing for the women's decision.
  59. - The Only Men Beauty Contest in Africa to Win a Wife.. A marriage can be won on the dance line. Wodaabe men, faces reddened and eyes rimmed, compete on looks and charm while young women pass along the row and make their selection.
  60. - The Only Men Beauty Contest in Africa to Win a Wife.. A marriage can be won on the dance line. Wodaabe men, faces reddened and eyes rimmed, compete on looks and charm while young women pass along the row and make their selection.
  61. - "The Wodaabe People: The Last Guardians of a Vanishing Beauty Culture". Cattle-herding families of the Wodaabe keep an aesthetic that is taught, practised and performed by men, from the ochre on the face to the posture held through a long chanted dance.
  62. - "The Wodaabe People: The Last Guardians of a Vanishing Beauty Culture". Cattle-herding families of the Wodaabe keep an aesthetic that is taught, practised and performed by men, from the ochre on the face to the posture held through a long chanted dance.
  63. - Festival Gerewol: Kontes Ketampanan untuk Merebut Istri Orang | Tradisi Unik Suku Wodaabe. Good looks are contested openly here. Wodaabe men present themselves in paint and ornament, and a woman's choice at the gerewol can take a husband from another household.
  64. - Festival Gerewol: Kontes Ketampanan untuk Merebut Istri Orang | Tradisi Unik Suku Wodaabe. Good looks are contested openly here. Wodaabe men present themselves in paint and ornament, and a woman's choice at the gerewol can take a husband from another household.
  65. - Jimmy Nelson with the Wodaabe at the Gerewol festival in Chad. A photographer works among Wodaabe dancers in Chad during the gerewol, close to the men as they finish their paint and take their place in the row.
  66. - Jimmy Nelson with the Wodaabe at the Gerewol festival in Chad. A photographer works among Wodaabe dancers in Chad during the gerewol, close to the men as they finish their paint and take their place in the row.
  67. - Chad Gerewol Festival, amazing journey to the Wodaabe culture. In Chad, Wodaabe men grind ochre, redden their faces, outline their eyes and whiten their teeth before forming the dance line; the women watching are the ones with the authority to pick.
  68. - Chad Gerewol Festival, amazing journey to the Wodaabe culture. In Chad, Wodaabe men grind ochre, redden their faces, outline their eyes and whiten their teeth before forming the dance line; the women watching are the ones with the authority to pick.
  69. - Wodaabe : A tribe that steals someone else's wife through singing and dancing.. Singing and dancing are the recognised means of winning a partner among the Wodaabe, including a woman already married; the gerewol gives that transfer a public and accepted form.
  70. - Wodaabe : A tribe that steals someone else's wife through singing and dancing.. Singing and dancing are the recognised means of winning a partner among the Wodaabe, including a woman already married; the gerewol gives that transfer a public and accepted form.
  71. - La Geerwol : la Grande Cérémonie Annuelle des Wodaabe | SLICE PEUPLES. Once a year Wodaabe lineages converge for the gerewol, and the preparation, the ornament and the sustained dancing all fall to the men while women hold the right to choose.
  72. - La Geerwol : la Grande Cérémonie Annuelle des Wodaabe | SLICE PEUPLES. Once a year Wodaabe lineages converge for the gerewol, and the preparation, the ornament and the sustained dancing all fall to the men while women hold the right to choose.
  73. - Wodaabe, la Guerre en Dansant | SLICE PEUPLES | DOC COMPLET. Rivalry between Wodaabe lineages is settled on the dance ground rather than in conflict, with men competing through ornament, stamina and charm while women judge the result.
  74. - Wodaabe, la Guerre en Dansant | SLICE PEUPLES | DOC COMPLET. Rivalry between Wodaabe lineages is settled on the dance ground rather than in conflict, with men competing through ornament, stamina and charm while women judge the result.
  75. - Tribus Wodaabe, s'affronter en dansant. Competition between Wodaabe groups is conducted by dancing, the men facing one another in ornament and paint over several days of gathering.
  76. - Tribus Wodaabe, s'affronter en dansant. Competition between Wodaabe groups is conducted by dancing, the men facing one another in ornament and paint over several days of gathering.
  77. - Gerewol: A Celebration of Love and Beauty in the African Desert. Desert gatherings of Wodaabe families end with men dancing in painted faces and headdresses while women assess them; courtship and pairing follow directly from what happens on that line.
  78. - Gerewol: A Celebration of Love and Beauty in the African Desert. Desert gatherings of Wodaabe families end with men dancing in painted faces and headdresses while women assess them; courtship and pairing follow directly from what happens on that line.
  79. - Tinder in the Desert: Inside Niger’s Gerewol Festival, Where Men Compete for Women 🌍. Among the Wodaabe of Niger, courtship runs through the gerewol, a gathering at the end of the rainy season where young men paint their faces, line up in rows and dance while women walk the line and choose.
  80. - Tinder in the Desert: Inside Niger’s Gerewol Festival, Where Men Compete for Women 🌍. Among the Wodaabe of Niger, courtship runs through the gerewol, a gathering at the end of the rainy season where young men paint their faces, line up in rows and dance while women walk the line and choose.
  81. - Gerewol Festival: Where Women Choose New Husbands | Wodaabe Tribe Story | BiBi Ola. Wodaabe women hold the decision at the gerewol, walking past a swaying line of made-up men and tapping the one they want. A choice made here can end one marriage and begin another.
  82. - Gerewol Festival: Where Women Choose New Husbands | Wodaabe Tribe Story | BiBi Ola. Wodaabe women hold the decision at the gerewol, walking past a swaying line of made-up men and tapping the one they want. A choice made here can end one marriage and begin another.
  83. - Gerewol Festival in Chad 🇹🇩 | Dazzling Wodaabe Dance & Desert Celebration ✨2025!. Sand, cattle and a swaying row of ornamented Wodaabe dancers in Chad, with the chanting and the foot movement of a gerewol gathering.
  84. - Gerewol Festival in Chad 🇹🇩 | Dazzling Wodaabe Dance & Desert Celebration ✨2025!. Sand, cattle and a swaying row of ornamented Wodaabe dancers in Chad, with the chanting and the foot movement of a gerewol gathering.
  85. - Why the Wodaabe Men Paint Their Faces for Love | Gerewol Festival of Niger 🇳🇪. The paint is not decoration alone: red ochre, a white nose line and darkened lips are each meant to sharpen the features Wodaabe women say they look for when they select a man at the gerewol.
  86. - Why the Wodaabe Men Paint Their Faces for Love | Gerewol Festival of Niger 🇳🇪. The paint is not decoration alone: red ochre, a white nose line and darkened lips are each meant to sharpen the features Wodaabe women say they look for when they select a man at the gerewol.
  87. - The Wodaabe: The African Tribe Where Men Compete for Beauty. Wodaabe men hold the burden of display: preparation, paint, feathers and endurance in the dance, all directed at the women who decide.
  88. - The Wodaabe: The African Tribe Where Men Compete for Beauty. Wodaabe men hold the burden of display: preparation, paint, feathers and endurance in the dance, all directed at the women who decide.
  89. - Gerewol Festival: Where Wodaabe Men Compete for Love in the Sahel. Rows of Wodaabe men rise on their toes and hold the yaake grimace, teeth and eyes flashing, in a Sahelian gathering where courtship, marriage and reputation are all settled by the women watching.
  90. - Gerewol Festival: Where Wodaabe Men Compete for Love in the Sahel. Rows of Wodaabe men rise on their toes and hold the yaake grimace, teeth and eyes flashing, in a Sahelian gathering where courtship, marriage and reputation are all settled by the women watching.
  91. - Festival de Gerewole: Donde los hombres se visten para verse guapos | Documental de viaje. Preparations for the gerewol fill most of a day: ochre ground and mixed, faces reddened or yellowed, a white line drawn down the nose to lengthen it, ostrich feathers fixed above the head. Only then does the dancing start.
  92. - Festival de Gerewole: Donde los hombres se visten para verse guapos | Documental de viaje. Preparations for the gerewol fill most of a day: ochre ground and mixed, faces reddened or yellowed, a white line drawn down the nose to lengthen it, ostrich feathers fixed above the head. Only then does the dancing start.
  93. - Africa’s Male Beauty Pageant: The Wodaabe Gerewol Tradition. Male adornment carries the whole event here. Wodaabe men of Niger and Chad spend the day painting and feathering themselves, then dance the gerewol until the women choose, an arrangement that reverses who is usually on display.
  94. - Africa’s Male Beauty Pageant: The Wodaabe Gerewol Tradition. Male adornment carries the whole event here. Wodaabe men of Niger and Chad spend the day painting and feathering themselves, then dance the gerewol until the women choose, an arrangement that reverses who is usually on display.
  95. - The Only Place Where MEN Fight to Be Beautiful 😳#niger#grokai #viral_video #wodaabe#culturalheritage. Beauty is something men pursue publicly in this Nigerien tradition, with hours of face painting and a standing chanted dance performed for female judgement.
  96. - The Only Place Where MEN Fight to Be Beautiful 😳#niger#grokai #viral_video #wodaabe#culturalheritage. Beauty is something men pursue publicly in this Nigerien tradition, with hours of face painting and a standing chanted dance performed for female judgement.
  97. - Men in Full Makeup Dance to Steal Wives. (Niger's Wodaabe Gerewol beauty contest) #viral #culture . Full makeup on the men, ostrich plumes above the head, a chanted line dance in the sand, and a system in which winning can mean leaving with someone else's wife.
  98. - Men in Full Makeup Dance to Steal Wives. (Niger's Wodaabe Gerewol beauty contest) #viral #culture . Full makeup on the men, ostrich plumes above the head, a chanted line dance in the sand, and a system in which winning can mean leaving with someone else's wife.
  99. - Men Compete to Be Beautiful… The Wodaabe Tribe Will Surprise You 😳🤯 . Among the Wodaabe it is the men who compete on beauty, painting their faces and dancing to be assessed by women, a distribution of roles that runs opposite to most contests of its kind.
  100. - Men Compete to Be Beautiful… The Wodaabe Tribe Will Surprise You 😳🤯 . Among the Wodaabe it is the men who compete on beauty, painting their faces and dancing to be assessed by women, a distribution of roles that runs opposite to most contests of its kind.
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