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Posted by the lioness, (Member # 17353) on :

VIDEO: Libya's Quiet War: The Tuareg of South Libya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X-ps7QyBjI

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VIDEO: Along Gaddafi's Road (Libya Documentary) - Real Stories
(includes Toubou tribe)

For the first time in 42 years, a camera enters Southern Libya in what was forbidden territory under the Gaddafi regime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OatO13H89Uk

Posted by Ish Gebor (Member # 18264) on :

Women of Sand

http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/5371/Women-of%20Sand

Posted by Ish Gebor (Member # 18264) on :

غات "عاصمة الطوراق" إحدى أهم مدن الجنوب الليبي

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nz9c406Ja0

Touaregs of Libya Ghat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dnMX4kx_5o

Twariqs' folklore, Libya, Ghat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo89-0YZuEQ

Posted by Ish Gebor (Member # 18264) on :

Ottoman invasions:

Ghat

"Ghat or Gat (both: gät) [key], walled town, SW Libya, in an oasis in the Sahara, near the Algerian border. It formerly was an important caravan center. Ghat was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1875, by the Italians in 1930, and by the French in 1943, during World War II."

--The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press.

Posted by Doug M (Member # 7650) on :

Tuareg dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MJmC9x-ras

Roots of this: Morris/Moorish Dance Europe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZjLATAUwao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kAMFmHTQK8

modern music fusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDDXI8pvtrY

Also on the note of ancient connections to modern African culture note this:

Modern Tent in Morocco:

http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-morocco-draa-valley-zagora-hotel-ksar-tinsouline-food-tent-detail-23119618.html

Ancient Tent found in Egypt, note the similarities:

http://www.cesras.org/Tent/index.html

Egyptian tent making goes back to Pharaonic times:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khayamiya

Various Islamic tents on Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/wordchick/islamic-calligraphy-textiles/

Sewing tents like an egyptian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCWPuibFMc

Obviously this influenced European ancient/medieval tent making....

Posted by Ish Gebor (Member # 18264) on :

Touaregs of Libya Ghat الطوارق في ليبيا يحتفلون تراث ليبي

https://youtu.be/lvuTNhLHmhU