Vanity Case
‘HUNDREDS of nomadic West African tribesman are competing in a ”Mr Sahara” beauty pageant to celebrate the end of the rainy season.
The Wodabe men in Niger have performed a dance and showed off the whiteness of their teeth and eyes to compete for the honour of being selected as the most beautiful man by women.
The festival, near Agadez, is held because the Wodabe value male beauty and are taught from an early age to look into mirrors to consider their appearance.
Nomadic they certainly are, as several members of the tribe seem to have wandered as far as the UK where they mostly can be found presenting childrens TV.’
Posted: 22nd, December 2003 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
