Terfés: truffle of the sand

Collection title

Collection EPTV

ID

EPT00390

Source

EPTV (DZ)

First broadcast date

12/03/1996

Production year

1996

Abstract

The Terfés is commonly called the truffle of the Sands or the truffle of the Sahara . It grows in Algeria, in the south, the west, and close to the desert. Thus, we find as much in Ghardaia, El Bayadh, through Ouargla. The term is not really appropriate, however, because the real truffle is a tuber while Terfés is a fungus. But the visual resemblance is so strong that many people confuse them, even if the comparison seems to be limited to the visual.

Type

video

Production companies

• EPTV - Own production

Broadcaster

EPTV - 1st national channel

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Cooking traditions

Credits / Cast

• Ben D'hina Mustapha - Journalist

Period of events

• 1996

Map locations

• Algeria - West - Bechar

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

27m40