Sahel: Desert Gathering - Mauritania

Chinguetti is the seventh holiest city of Islam. For centuries, at the time of collection of date, nomadic families were cited in the nearby palm trees. 

In recent years, the gradual abandonment of nomadism have separated families, and Getna, a party date, is now a meeting between nomadic and sedentary, among those still living grazing and those who have migrated to the capital or abroad. This is the story of the reunion of one of those families.