Argungu Fishing Festival
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The Argungu Fishing Festival is an annual festival in north-western Nigerian state of Kebbi. The Argungu festival lasts for four days. On the final day of the festival, a competition is held in which thousands of men and women line up along the river and, At the sound of a gun shot, all of them jump into the river and have an hour to catch the largest fish. The winner can take home as much as 7,500 US dollars. Competitors are only allowed to use traditional fishing tools.
History behind the event
The festival began in the year 1934, as a mark of the end of a centuries old hostility between Sokoto Caliphate and the Kebbi Kingdom.External links
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