Which African desert tribe would this possibly be?

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Apr 22nd 2003, 9:45 pm

Gjones

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Which African desert tribe would this possibly be?

Does anyone know what African desert tribe's male courtship ritual
involves the males wearing black lipstick and yellow face powder,
while flashing their teeth and rolling their eyes ?

Apr 23rd 2003, 2:26 am

Jean-Marc V. Liotier

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Re: Which African desert tribe would this possibly be?

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 02:45:42 -0700, GJones wrote:

    > Does anyone know what African desert tribe's male courtship ritual
    > involves the males wearing black lipstick and yellow face powder, while
    > flashing their teeth and rolling their eyes ?

Your description seems to match the Wodaabe or Bororo, a subgroup of the
Peul/Fulani/FoulbÃ©. The ceremony featuring the makeup, eye-rolling and
teeth flashing is called Geerewol.

Links from a quick Google search :
http://www.tribalphoto.com/images/Tr...iger_text.html
http://www.rai.anthropology.org.uk/f...26_hearts.html
http://www.jolique.com/africa/desert_drag.htm
http://www.africanceremonies.com/cer...odaabeman.html
http://www.africanceremonies.com/cer...abebeauty.html
http://www.africanconservancy.org/me...t/wodaabe.html
http://www.whyy.org/91FM/RT/africa/a5.html

Apr 23rd 2003, 2:36 am

Er Principe

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Re: Which African desert tribe would this possibly be?

Wodaabe tribe, Sahel desert.

Apr 23rd 2003, 6:59 pm

Hans-Georg Michna

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Re: Which African desert tribe would this possibly be?

[email protected] (GJones) wrote:

    >Does anyone know what African desert tribe's male courtship ritual
    >involves the males wearing black lipstick and yellow face powder,
    >while flashing their teeth and rolling their eyes ?

I have a small video on my computer that fits your description
and points to the Bororo tribe. Looks beautiful, actually.

Hans-Georg

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Apr 23rd 2003, 11:21 pm

Sadie

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Re: Which African desert tribe would this possibly be?

I think you are referring to the Woodabe tribe. Visit my African photos
to check if this is what you are referring to. I have photos I took at
the male beauty contest mixed in with other African photos. They live in
the Sahel in Niger.
http://community.webshots.com/user/jedda11

GJones wrote:

    > Does anyone know what African desert tribe's male courtship ritual
    > involves the males wearing black lipstick and yellow face powder,
    > while flashing their teeth and rolling their eyes ?

Apr 23rd 2003, 11:53 pm

Sadie

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Re: Which African desert tribe would this possibly be?

I forgot to mention that the Yellow face paint is for the male Charm
contest. For the Beauty contest they paint their faces Red. You can see
both types of contest at the site I gave.

http://community.webshots.com/user/jedda11

GJones wrote:

    > Does anyone know what African desert tribe's male courtship ritual
    > involves the males wearing black lipstick and yellow face powder,
    > while flashing their teeth and rolling their eyes ?

Apr 24th 2003, 5:43 am

Pat Anderson

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Re: Which African desert tribe would this possibly be?

In message , Sadie
writes
    >I think you are referring to the Woodabe tribe. Visit my African photos
    >to check if this is what you are referring to. I have photos I took at
    >the male beauty contest mixed in with other African photos. They live in
    >the Sahel in Niger.
    >http://community.webshots.com/user/jedda11
    >GJones wrote:
    >> Does anyone know what African desert tribe's male courtship ritual
    >> involves the males wearing black lipstick and yellow face powder,
    >> while flashing their teeth and rolling their eyes ?
Sadie,
Thank you for sharing such wonderful photos with us!
I realised it was the Woodabe tribe, having seen a documentary on
them some time ago. They are certainly a colourful tribe, particularly
the men.
Pat
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