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Northern Nigerian City Celebrates Ancient Festival as Security Improves

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Riders wearing brightly colored warrior robes and bearing spears were again packing the streets of this northern Nigerian city, greeting their traditional ruler as locals celebrated a thousand-year-old tradition in a region hit by Boko Haram. Last week the traditional ruler in Zaria city rode in a horse carriage to kick off the Durbar celebrations that mark the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The Durbar is a custom dating back more than 1,000 years which involves warriors...

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