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Wodaabe Tribe, African Art Projects, Africa People, Blue Eyed Men, African Dance, African Paintings, African People, African History, African Culture

In the last few days I posted photographs of Wodaabe men preparing for a Yakey dance, which doubles as a male beauty contest. Here is a section of a row of men making great efforts to show the whiteness of their eyes and teeth to a parallel row of young women watching them as they dance and sing without leaving the spots they are standing on. They are wearing sheep skins pants and swords. The third photograph shows a rear view of one of the men. To view more Wodaabe photos on this blog…

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The Male Beauty Contest of the Sahara Desert (c) Weidinger African Nomads, Wodaabe Tribe, African Desert, African Tribe, The Sahara Desert, Painted Faces, Global Village, Mode Boho, African People

The beauty standards and criteria aren't all that different from your typical beauty pageant, except in the nomadic Wodaabe tribe of Niger, it's the girls who get to judge the boys. That old cliché that only women are high maintenance? Well, meet the tribesmen who spend an incredible amount of ti

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