Headdress, Peulh (or Fula, Fulani, Fulɓe, Wodaabe), Niger Cotton, animal hair Height with stand 40 cm The Guerewol (or Gerewol) is an annual courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people of Niger. Young men dressed in elaborate ornamentation and made up in traditional face painting gather in lines to dance and sing, vying for the attentions of marriageable young women. The Guérewol occurs each year as the traditionally nomadic Wodaabe cattle herders gather at the southern edge of the Sahara before dispersing south on their dry season pastures. This embroidered headdress is a typical ornament worn by young men during the Guerewol. It is mounted on a custom perspex stand for display.