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Festival au Desert 2008, Essakane, Mali

The Nomadic Touareg clans have held desert gatherings for centuries to listen to each other’s music, feast, race camels and more. The Festival au Desert manifests what was envisioned in the 1996 “Flame of Peace” monument in Timbuktu built to memorialise a truce declared in 1996 when 3,000 guns were publicly burned to signify the beginning of reconciliation between the nomadic and sedentary communities of the southern Sahara.

Festival au Desert welcomes audiences from around the world to join them at Essakane on the outskirts Timbuktu, Mali, and deep in the magnificent sand dunes of the Sahara Desert. Over 35 musical groups perform for three days and nights in one of the greatest cultural events on the planet.

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Tiken Jah Fakoly

12 Photos

Tinariwen

Tinariwen

11 Photos

Vieux Farka Touré

Vieux Farka Touré

12 Photos

Bassekou Kouyaté

Bassekou Kouyaté

12 Photos

Alkibar Junior

Alkibar Junior

12 Photos

Baba Djiré

Baba Djiré

12 Photos

Ami Sacko

Ami Sacko

10 Photos

Teneni Damba

Teneni Damba

8 Photos

Tamikrest

Tamikrest

12 Photos

Igbayen

Igbayen

10 Photos

Tamnana

Tamnana

8 Photos

Takumbawt

Takumbawt

5 Photos

Khaira Arby

Khaira Arby

11 Photos

Tamikrest et Dirt music

Tamikrest et Dirt music

11 Photos

Electrica Dharma et Imarhane

Electrica Dharma et Imarhane

12 Photos

Dogon Masks

Dogon Masks

9 Photos

Artcirq

Artcirq

10 Photos

Abdoulay Diabaté

Abdoulay Diabaté

12 Photos

Horguere

Horguere

12 Photos

Zoumana Tereta

Zoumana Tereta

7 Photos


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