Festival-goers marvel at the opening of the 56th International Sahara Festival

The 56th edition of the prestigious International Sahara Festival has opened in Douz, an oasis 500 km south of Tunis in Tunisia, for four days of cultural, tourist and sporting events at the gateway to the desert. Festival-goers marvel at the array of features, including equestrian competitions, camel races, sloughi (desert greyhound) hunts and re-enactments of nomadic customs and lifestyles.