{"id":5193,"date":"2017-11-17T16:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2019-01-18T13:30:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T13:30:59","slug":"niger-the-tende-a-unifying-instrument-of-nomadic-peoples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/niger-the-tende-a-unifying-instrument-of-nomadic-peoples\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger : The Tend\u00e9, a unifying instrument of nomadic peoples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ancestral music and unifier of the nomadic peoples, the Tend\u00e9 is played for entertainment but also serves to strengthen the cohesion between people during reunions, weddings or naming ceremonies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The manufacture of this traditional instrument is done with objects used in the house. \u00abThe Tend\u00e9, as its name suggests in Tamasheq, is a utility object, a traditional mortar made by artisans to deal with the need to grind grain. It is this object which one covers the orifice with a tanned skin. Then we put on each side, big sticks on which we sit after having tied and connected it\u00bb explains Jules Augu\u00e9, former minister of Niger.<\/p>\n<p>The music allows the camel riders to demonstrate their dromedary control through parades around singing women. \u00ab When the camels go around the Tend\u00e9 or when they come and go, there is a rhythm that the camels respect. It&#8217;s the same rhythm as the Tend\u00e9, then, it\u2019s no longer the men who are dancing but it\u2019s the camels. The trained camels for the occasion are made to dance \u00bb, adds Augu\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the sound, the Tend\u00e9 has a deep meaning for nomads. For Abu, a man of culture, this ancestral instrument is like \u00aban upper for the Tuaregs\u00bb. According to him, the Tend\u00e9 &#8221; has a particular importance, it calls for integrity, reserve and brings the person, in any case, the Tuaregs to avoid a negative behavior\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the preservation and promotion of this cultural heritage common to the Tuareg and Arab communities of the Sahel-Saharan region, are the challenges that the Association for Integrated Local Development is facing in Niger.<\/p>\n<a  class=\"vc_btn vc_btn-black vc_btn-sm vc_btn_square \" href=\"#\">Sahelien.com<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestral music and unifier of the nomadic peoples, the Tend\u00e9 is played for entertainment but also serves to strengthen the cohesion between people during reunions, weddings or naming ceremonies. The manufacture of this traditional instrument is done with objects used in the house. \u00abThe Tend\u00e9, as its name suggests in Tamasheq, is a utility object, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sahelien-videos","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5194,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5193\/revisions\/5194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahelien.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}