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Heritage Journal

7 Nigerian Festivals You Should Experience

Calabar Carnival, Osun-Osogbo, Argungu, Durbar and other living calendars.

Festivals are Nigeria thinking out loud: horse parades in the north, sacred groves in Osun, carnival streets in Calabar, fishing competitions on the Niger, new-yam thanksgivings in the east.

Use them as a travel list, then open the matching state page for the history that makes the music make sense.

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