Tuareg nomads
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The two sisters of Toufouchi - Their features are clean; their look, determined. And a firm will is needed to survive in these inhospitable latitudes. The two sisters of Toufouchi look after the goats, cook, fetch water and find enough time in between for jokes and laughter.
Selima and son - Called «cul-nu» by the photographer, the son of Selima hides his tiny garment under the wide skirt of his mother. - Niger / Aïr / Zakkat / 2001
Mother and children at the Arali camp site. (Oued Issaouane, Aïr, Niger)
Tima using her goat´s milk to make a cheese called Tukemarine. (Toufouchi, Aïr, Niger)
Touareg woman at the well of Faris - Aïr / Niger
Tuareg blacksmith woman (Tézirzek well / Aïr / Niger / 1992)
Wife of Chanounou, chief of a traditional Tuareg tribe (North of Aïr / Niger / 2001)
On indigo fabric background, nomad woman's hands and traditional Tuareg jewellery
Shepherdess of the Iférouane region (North-Aïr / Niger)
The trees feed the goats, which feed the nomads (Nord-Aïr / Niger)
Kadi, sedentary Touareg woman, of French father, wearing her jewels (Djanet / Algeria / 1968)
Young sedentary Tuareg woman in party outfit (Djanet / Algeria / 1961)
A Tuareg woman grinds the grain on a stone mill - Camp Idriss - Dider - Tassili n'Ajjer. - Algeria - 1966
Young sedentary Tuareg woman in festive robe. - Djanet - Algeria - 1962
The inhabitants of Djanet dance the festival of Shebiba. The women beat the obsessive rhythm tirelessly with their drum, the Ganga. - Algeria - 1962
Long live the bride The pectoral pendant is the centrepiece of the adornment of a woman on the day of her marriage. Around the neck, she wears a collar formed by cloves. The scent that emerges is very appreciated among women. Algeria - Illizi - 1967
Tuareg woman from the Dag Rali tribe in the Hoggar. Around her neck, apart from the simple necklaces, she wears a pendant of 14 silver, faceted diamonds attached to a leather base. Underneath is an amulet with geometric ornaments. It encloses a Koran verse and is typical of Berber art. - Algeria - 1966
Illizi in Algeria: The Touareg woman - wife of Amastan - loads her dromedary with her household goods. - Algeria - 1962
Feminine adornment. The silver chest pendant is the jewel in a woman's outfit on her wedding day. Its composition and ornaments are always the same. Around the neck: a kind of necklace composed of cloves, whose fragrance is much appreciated by women. - Algeria - 1966
The imzad, a one-stringed violin, consists of half a bottle gourd covered with goatskin and a wooden handle. The string is made of horsehair. The bow is a curved piece of laurel rose wood. Only the women play this instrument on festive days. Tuareg poetry is expressed orally. - Algeria - 1962
Young Tuareg woman from the Djanet region. - Algeria - 1962
Tuareg society has a matriarchal structure. This imzad player (the imzad is a one-stringed musical instrument) praises the great deeds of her ancestors as handed down to her by her mother; she is the keeper of tradition. However, the difficult art of playing the imzad is becoming more and more lost. The instrument is made of half a calabash with sheepskin stretched over it, the bridge is made of the wood of the laurel rose. - Algeria - 1962
