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Mwaka Kogwa Festival
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Mwaka Kogwa is the traditional Swahili New Year festival of Zanzibar.
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Famadihana
Turning of the Bones ceremony
TAMBO International Art Camp
International arts and culture festival
Feria Oramena
Lobster festival
Fisemana
Traditional Antakarana purification ritual
Festival International Kreol
International Creole Festival
Fete des Cultures
Festival of Cultures
Baía das Gatas Festival
Annual music festival
FESPAM
Pan-African Music Festival
Feux de Brazza
Festival of Lights in Brazzaville
Wémèxwé Festival
Traditional cultural festival
Djibouti International Fair
Annual trade and cultural fair
Festa de Nossa Senhora do Monte
Pilgrimage and open-air Mass at the Nossa Senhora do Monte chapel above Lubango, in Angola's Huila p...
Harare International Festival of the Arts
Major arts and culture festival
Roots Homecoming Festival
Cultural heritage celebration
Kanilai International Cultural Festival
Traditional arts and culture festival
Bagamoyo Arts Festival
Cultural arts festival
Zanzibar International Film Festival
East Africa's largest film and arts festival
Grand Magal of Touba
Major Mouride religious festival
Wafaa El-Nil
Ancient Egyptian celebration of the Nile flood
Cherry Festival
Annual celebration of cherry harvest in Sefrou
Lake Turkana Cultural Festival
Celebration of northern Kenya's ethnic diversity
Maragoli Cultural Festival
Annual celebration of Maragoli culture
Camel Derby Festival
Annual camel racing event in Maralal
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