most well-known cultural event is the
Festival au Désert. When
the Tuareg rebellion ended in 1996 under the Konaré administration, 3,000
weapons were burned in a ceremony dubbed the ‘Flame of Peace’ on 29 March 2007
– to commemorate the ceremony, a monument was built. The Festival au Désert, to celebrate the peace treaty,
is held near the city in January.
