Festival on the Niger

In Ségou, Mali, there is a famous festival called Festival on the Niger or Festival Sur le Niger. This festival offers visitors a unique spectacle, with music, dance, masks, puppets, arts and crafts from the region, as well as very popular Malian artists. There are also lectures, performances, storytellers, exhibitions, film screenings, puppet shows, and traditional and modern dance performances.

This annual February Festival on the Niger features music, dance, puppetry, workshops, craftspeople, and pirogue races along the Niger River. No less than 15 unique styles of Segou puppetry and dance are performed, which also attracts many famous Malian musicians. Wood carvings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs by the country's most talented artists are displayed in galleries around the area. Actors, musicians, and puppeteers accompany the centuries-old legends that Segovian storytellers share beneath the "balanzan" trees.

• Organization time: February every year
• Location: Segou, Mali