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Festival de l'Air in Iferouane/Air Mountains
Festival de l'Air is a Tuareg cultural gathering historically held in Iferouane, a small town in the Air Mountains of northern Niger's Agadez Region, an area recognized internationally through the Air and Tenere Natural Reserves. The festival has featured camel races, traditional Tuareg music and sword dances, and communal gatherings celebrating Tuareg mountain and desert culture, though its recent scale and continuity are difficult to confirm given regional instability.
Festival de l'Air takes its name from the Air Mountains, a striking volcanic massif rising from the Sahara in northern Niger's Agadez Region, and the town of Iferouane, which sits within this range and has historically served as a gathering point for Tuareg communities scattered across the surrounding desert and mountain terrain.