Trailer “Dance with the Wodaabes“, A film by Sandrine Loncke, 90’, 2010

In the heart of the Nigerien Sahel, far off the beaten “asphalt“ track, thousands of Fulbe Wodaabe nomads gather every year for a gigantic ceremony named the geerewol. For seven full days and nights, following the solar cycle, two lineages are opposed in a genuine ritual war, with for only weapons song and dance. The stakes of war, the clear challenge: stealing women. The ultimate purpose: to break in peace after having mutually expressed recognition of cultural conformity. According to the Wod