Under the Sun

Season 3, Episode 8

Episode Title: Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

Air Date: 1991-08-22

Overview:

The Wodaabe of the southern Sahara consider themselves 'the most beautiful people on earth'. Their slender and graceful young men, many of them seven feet tall, adorn themselves with beads, hats, and blue lipstick as part of a tribal celebration in which the young women choose the most beautiful man among them.