A two-day electronic music festival also called “Les Dunes Electroniques” started Saturday in the southern Tunisian desert where the Star Wars movie was filmed, with attendance of thousands of fans and star DJs.
At the sunset over the lunar-like landscape of the Sahara desert in Tozeur region near the Algerian border, people danced on dunes in the town of Nefta under heavy security protection.
The festival is organised by a Franco-Tunisian hotelier with the support of the Tourism and Handicrafts Ministry.
“Les Dunes Electroniques” has drawn around 20 musicians, including award-winning Swiss-Chilean DJ Luciano with six thousand concert-goers and fans, are expected to attend the electronic music festival.
Fans are being treated to 30 hours of non-stop electronic music from across the globe, including traditional Tunisian rhythms, according to organisers.
The Tozeur region of southwest Tunisia where the festival is taking place served as a set for Anakin Skywalker’s village Mos Espa in the Star Wars films.
TunisianMonitorOnline
