Tunisia celebrates the Sahara

The Sahara festival, held in the last four days of December, is one of Tunisia's oldest and best known festivals [AFP]

Now in its 41st year, the festival is an appreciation of Tunisia's nomadic traditions [AFP]

Camel and horse shows are a major attraction [AFP]

As are performances of traditional music [AFP]

Hunting demonstrations with sloughi desert dogs are some of the features harkening attendees to simpler days [AFP]

Traditional desert marriages keep the bedouin ways alive for future generations [AFP]