Turkana Launches Desert Sand Art & Running for Mental Wellness

by KenyaPolls

Turkana County hosted the Sand Art & Run Festival on July 20, 2025—athletes created large-scale mandalas in the dunes before running meditative loops around them. Creation before motion—calm before speed, said psychologist Dr. Amina Hassan. JKUAT monitored 200 participants: 74% reported reduced anxiety. UNESCO featured it in *Indigenous Mental Wellness*. Annual festival confirmed.

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