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Mwaka Kogwa Festival
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Mwaka Kogwa is the traditional Swahili New Year festival of Zanzibar.
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Irreecha
Oromo thanksgiving festival
Mombasa Carnival
Annual cultural festival celebrating coastal heritage
Kisumu Cultural Festival
Celebration of Luo culture and Lake Victoria heritage
Argungu Fishing Festival
One of Nigeria's most popular traditional festivals
Isese Day
Traditional Worshippers Day celebrating African traditional religion
Kenya International Theatre Festival
Major international theatre and cultural festival
Ngondo Festival
Traditional Sawa people's festival
Fête de la Mare
Festival of the Sacred Pond
Adossa-Gadao
Harvest thanksgiving and knife-dance festival of the Tem (Kotokoli) people of Sokode, in central Tog...
Evala Festival
Traditional initiation ritual and wrestling festival
Bianou Festival
Traditional New Year celebration in Agadez
Moussem of Tan-Tan
UNESCO-recognized nomadic cultural festival
Festival of Roses
Celebration of rose harvest in Dades Valley
Ashenda
Traditional girls' festival of Tigray and Amhara regions
Imilchil Marriage Festival
Traditional Amazigh marriage festival
New Yam Festival
Traditional harvest celebration across various regions
Osun Osogbo Festival
UNESCO-recognized cultural festival honoring the Osun river goddess
Homowo Festival
Traditional harvest festival of the Ga people
Auto de Floripes
Traditional theatrical performance
Nyem-Nyem Festival
Cultural festival of the Bamoun people
Lantern Festival
Traditional festival of lights
Festival International de Carthage
International cultural festival
Ae-Gams Arts and Cultural Festival
Two-day arts and cultural festival run by the City of Windhoek, established in 2001 and revived in 2...
Hiragasy
Traditional performance competition
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