Travel Photographs by Rosemary Sheel

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Some people take a little more work to be pretty enough for the beauty contest. I'm not sure how much time this man will need, but she is trying her best.The elders of the tribe sit and chat.He is huffing and puffing trying to sound like a camel who is running.A group of men put on the last minute touches.A Bororo is never without his teapot when he goes into the bush.A pictorial lesson in how to mount a camel. First, get him to 'couch' or lie down, then grab his nose and step into your saddle.A Woodabe elder with his magnificent chech. It takes skill to wrap these tall head coverings.A young boy pauses in the Baker's house in Agadez. This house was used in the movie Sheltering Sky. It is filled with imaginative sculpture.These Woodabe women debate the price of goods at market.The sand dunes near IferouaneWoodabe men dressed for Geerewol. They remind me of American Indians.A race at a festival where any animal is fair game, horses, camels or donkeys.Another bush beauty parlor...this young boy seems to be worried about the circles under his eyes.This boy has two girls beautifying him.The decorated face of a Woodabe man.A Woodabe woman lifts a sack of millet to her head.Three boys all ready to compete. They seem young. Maybe this is their first time to compete in the Geerewol.Woodabe group at Geerewol.
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Woodabe men dressed for Geerewol. They remind me of American Indians.



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