page_title: Festival au Désert
hierarchical_section_title: Festival au Désert
caption_attribution_description: Touaregs at the Festival au Desert near Timbuktu, Mali 2012
context_page_description: The Festival au désert was an annual concert in Mali, showcasing traditional Tuareg music as well as music from around the world. The first Festival took place in 2001 in Tin Essako, then in Tessalit in 2002, and in Essakane from 2003 to 2009. From 2010 to 2012 it was held on the outskirts of Timbuktu because of security concerns which have prevented it from taking place since.
  Several film documentaries have been made about or at the festival: Le Festival au Désert, Dambé: The Mali Project, The Last Song Before the War and Woodstock in Timbuktu. The album Festival au Desert Live from Timbuktu has performances from the 2012 festival.
context_section_description: The Festival au désert ("Festival in the Desert") was an annual concert in Mali, showcasing traditional Tuareg music as well as music from around the world. The first Festival took place in 2001 in Tin Essako, then in Tessalit in 2002, and in Essakane from 2003 to 2009. From 2010 to 2012 it was held on the outskirts of Timbuktu because of security concerns which have prevented it from taking place since.
  Several film documentaries have been made about or at the festival: Le Festival au Désert (2004), Dambé: The Mali Project (2008), The Last Song Before the War (2013) and Woodstock in Timbuktu (2013). The album Festival au Desert Live from Timbuktu (2013) has performances from the 2012 festival.
caption: Tuareg people at the January 2012 festival.
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