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Regional in Mali
Festival au Désert in Mali
Tuareg music festival
Quick Facts
Pre-Colonial Origin
Celebrated before colonial period
🏛️ Ancient Tradition
Multi-Day Celebration
Celebrated over 3 days in Mali
3 Days
Holiday Type
Classification in Mali
Regional
Established
Officially instituted in Mali
2001
Festival
Celebrated as a cultural festival
🎪 Festival
About Festival au Désert
Tuareg music festival
Annual music festival in the Sahara Desert.
Traditional Tuareg music festival celebrating desert culture and promoting peace
Practical Information in Mali
Banks
Banks are closed
🏦 ClosedSchools
Educational institutions are closed
🏫 ClosedGovernment Offices
Government services unavailable
🏛️ ClosedHistorical Significance in Mali
Started in 2001 to promote peace and Tuareg culture.
Calendar Details
Calendar Systems
gregorian
Types of Celebration
cultural
Traditional cultural celebrations
music
Traditional music celebrations
traditional
Traditional traditional celebrations
On this day in African history
- 1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
- 1960 The eight-year-old State of Emergency in Kenya by the British ends.
- 1970 Biafra surrenders, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
- 1992 A new constitution, providing freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali.
- 1994 France and the International Monetary Fund impose a fifty percent devaluation of the CFA franc across fourteen African member nations. · Senegal
In Mali, around 2001
Historical Timeline
2001
Instituted in Mali
🇲🇱Holiday officially established in Mali
📅 Established2026
Last observed in Mali
🇲🇱Final celebration recorded in Mali
⏰ Last ObservedCurrent Status in Mali
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Mali
Last observed: 2026
Regional Holiday
Date: January 12, 2024