The 56th International Sahara Festival opens in Douz, southern Tunisia

The 56th edition of the prestigious International Sahara Festival has opened in Douz, an oasis 500 km south of Tunis, for four days of cultural, tourist and sporting events at the gateway to the desert.

The International Sahara Festival also features equestrian competitions, dromedaries races and wrestling, sloughi (desert greyhound) hunts and re-enactments of nomadic customs and lifestyles.