Ingal Travel Guide

 Bonobo2005 Says:  A very important part of the Festival are the beauty contests, consisting of several stages. While for the Tuaregs it are the women who adorn themselves and present them to the men, for the Fulani it are the men who dress up and compete for being the most beautiful. The... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  The Cure Salee Festival is attended by a mix of people in numbers that you unlikely will encounter anywhere else on earth! Just being there was to me the biggest attraction! Most of them are of Tuareg and Fulani tribes, all dressed up at their finest, carrying swords, and... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  On the last day of the Festival, the finish of the camel race was one of the most memorable events.The circle of spectators opened up and after some time huge clouds of dusts appeared, as if a sandstorm was approaching us. The specially prepared racing camels were driven by... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  One of the highlights of the Festival is the Fulani ceremony called Gerewol. The young men paint their faces and decorate themselves extensively hoping to attract the young women looking for marriage. During the ceremony they line up with a few dozen at a time and start... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  My first day in Ingall (which was the second day of the Festival) started with a great camel parade. As you can imagine, the camels parading in the Arena were fabulously decorated and the very best of their kind! They did tricks like ?walking on the knees?, but were mostly... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  The music came along with a lot of dancing as well, both men and women wearing their finest costumes and showing their best moves. In general, I thought these performances lacked a bit of enthusiasm and cheer, and looked like obliged sessions for officials and tourists. The... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  During the official Festival there were several music performances, varying from a couple of chanting women sitting in a circle to groups of men making music on traditional instruments. The traditional Tuareg songs that I heard so many of during my past travelling and that I... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  Ingall (pop. est. 5000) is a big village in the sands of the desert, around where, just after the raining season, salty grounds and pools supply livestock with healthy minerals. This salt is reason for many hundreds of nomadic Fulani and Tuareg herders with ten thousands of... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  During the festival you will find at least a dozen of foodstalls to choose from in the centre of Ingall. I cannot say I had some amazing food there, but on the other hand I never got sick from it either. Most commonly on offer is rice or spaghetti with sauce and (goat-) meat... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  As far as I?m aware there are no regular guesthouses in Ingall, that is probably just a sleepy village the rest of the year. The most common options for individual travellers who visit the Festival are:Rent a mattress:In the centre of Ingall someone (I suppose from Agadez)... 

 Bonobo2005 Says:  Private transport:About ca. 110 km. from Agadez along the Tahoua - Agadez road, there?s a junction up North, from where it?s another ca. 40 km to the village of Ingall. The junction was flanked with flags of multiple countries, including those of several European and...