On a market day in the Bwa village of Boni, in central Burkina Faso, West Africa a group of masks perform, including the great plank masks called 'nwantantay', the leper, hyena, dwarf, antelope,...
AFGHANISTAN: AN UNLIKELY TOURIST DESTINATION
United Nations, New York, October 2009 - War-torn Afghanistan is an unlikely tourist destination, but there is hope that its World Heritage sites and the first national park can attract tourists and help the local economy.
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