#yaake

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Male Wodaabe dancers performing the Yaake line dance during the annual week-long Guerewol or Gerewol ceremony in Chad, Central Africa.

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Wodaabe dancers by trevcole https://ift.tt/2Tqif5H

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Creativity without limits. Pictured: A Wodaabe man during the Gerewol festival #culture #niger #yaake #beauty #africans https://www.instagram.com/p/BuCJO4GnJKQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=73d30gc368vs

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Some scribbles about yaake dance costume,Woɗaaɓe tribe 😊 #wodaabe #tribe #scribbles #sketchbook #instaart #yaake #sketchartist

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WoDaaBe/Mbororo-Fulani Charm Dancers

Young Wodaabe men, with elaborate make-up, feathers and other adornments, perform the Yaake: dances and songs to impress marriageable women. The male beauty ideal of the Wodaabe stresses tallness, white eyes and teeth; the men will often roll their eyes and show their teeth to emphasize these characteristics. Wodaabe clans then join for the remainder of the week-long Gerewol: a series of barters over marriage and contests where the young men's beauty and skills are judged by young women.

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