Girl from Moukoulou village, southern Chad.

Nomadic woddabe man, attending the gerewol festival.

Stone arch, called the Julia arch. Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve (World Heritage, UNESCO).

Wodaabe woman with her traditional scarifications on her face.

Nomadic wodaabe man, attending the gerewol festival.

Night sky with the Milky Way glowing in the dark. Guelta d'Archei. Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve (World Heritage, UNESCO).

After the rainy season, the nomadic ethnic group of the Wodaabe (bororo celebrate one of their most important rites, the gerewol. The men put on makeup, paint their faces and dress in their best clothes and ornaments. Then they exhibit themselves singing and parading in front of the young women who will choose who will be their husband. They are holidays and dances where families and different clans gather in a ceremony of voices and color.

A child catches a migratory locust, and displays it with curiosity. South of Chad.

Wodaabe girls, shy at the gerewol festival celebration, with their traditional scarifications on their faces.

Gorges in the Ennedi plateau. Erosion in the Sahara desert. Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve (World Heritage, UNESCO).

The nomadic tribe of the Wodabee (also known as bororos or fulanis) celebrate their great event after the rains. Several clans gather in the Sahel to close marriages. The men put on makeup and dress with their best clothes to exhibit singing and dancing in a ceremony in which women choose the husband. celebrate their great event after the rains. Several clans gather in the Sahel to close marriages. The men put on makeup and dress with their best clothes to exhibit singing and dancing in a ceremony in which women choose the husband.

Dromedaries inside one of the gorges with water of the Ennedi plateau. Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve (World Heritage, UNESCO).

Portrait of a wodaabe boy (fulani, bororo), nomadic ethnic group of the Sahel. Chad