Bororo

The Bororo They are a nomadic pastoralist village. Their main activity is grazing and livestock, they also practice trade, mainly selling their handicrafts. Their large displacements have been limited with the implantation of fronters. They're part of the big family Peul or Fulani. They are mostly implanted in Niger, although they are also found in Nigeria, Tchad and Cameroon, making it difficult to assess their population. They are also known as Wodabee, the isolated. Men are tall and thin and women are known for their beauty. It is a people without hierarchy or slaves. Its boss the burning guides or advises but does not give orders. They do not possess villages or camps, they build huts with branches and dried herbs. They have very few things, a bowl of pumpkin and some mud, a bed mat and a basket to store their cosmetics, their jewels and their amulets. Its main wealth is its herds of cows, oxen and Zebus. They are of Muslim faith although they continue to practice traditional religion. They celebrate the feast of rain, the Geerewol, which lasts six days with their nights. Each family clan is represented at this party by its best male dancers with whom a beauty contest is held and are awarded in the opinion of the most beautiful young women of the ethnic group. They make up and wear their cauris and pearl necklaces and their ostrich feather standing on their head. These brave shepherds feminize themselves at this feast to achieve the favors of the girls who with their best galas and their charms have been able to seduce them. It can be said that both men and women practice a cult of beauty.