The electronic music festival Les Dunes Electroniques at Ong Jmel was held near the town of Nefta in Tunisia, where the original Star Wars film was shot. — Photos: AFP
Bass rhythms boom out across the Tunisian Sahara toward a herd of camels, lasers splash colours across the dunes and VIPs sip vodka in what was once a Star Wars movie set.
The Dunes Electronique music festival, launched in 2014, was revived last weekend on the set where US director George Lucas created the desert planet of Tatooine.
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The electronic music festival Les Dunes Electroniques at Ong Jmel was held near the town of Nefta in Tunisia, where the original Star Wars film was shot. — Photos: AFP
The two-day electronic music festival drew thousands of fans, star DJs and yes, tourists.
Tunisia's tourism sector was left reeling by jihadist attacks in 2015 on a museum and a tourist resort that left dozens dead, including 59 foreigners. Happening events like this music festival has helped revive the industry.
A DJ playing at the festival.
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