Thousands flock to southern Nigeria for Calabar Carnival

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Thousands flock to southern Nigeria for Calabar Carnival  Thousands of revellers gathered in southern Nigeria for the latest edition of the Calabar Carnival. The festival sees vibrant outfits, music and dancing fill the streets of Cross River State.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/01/02/thousands-flock-to-southern-nigeria-for-calabar-carnival  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Vibrant outfits, music and dancing filled the streets of southern Nigeria

00:06as thousands of revellers gathered for the Kalabar Carnival.

00:11The festival is held every December in the capital of Cross River State,

00:15drawing around 2 million visitors from across the country and beyond.

00:20This edition featured participation from the ECOWAS community, as the festival's chairman explained.

00:27On the move please, on the move, let's go, let's go.

00:31And this year, with the participation of ECOWAS community established for cooperation,

00:38with the participation of the Portuguese embassy, with the participation of the Spanish embassy,

00:45we are coming back to where we came from, which is going back in time,

00:50appreciating our leaders, appreciating our yesterday, appreciating today and preparing for our tomorrow.

01:00Also known as Africa's biggest street party, the event provides the opportunity for friends and family to bond.

01:07This attendee is among those who enjoy the community's spirit.

01:16As you can see for yourself, Asshon speaks louder than words.

01:20It's been a season of sweetness, a season of fun, fun, fun, fun,

01:23a season of celebration and a season of happiness.

01:26It has been reunion, it has been bonding and meeting old friends, bonding with family members.

01:32The theme of the latest tradition was traceted in time.

01:39Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please?

01:44The carnival was created with the vision of making Cross River a tourism and hospitality world.

01:49It is a story that culminated in exceptional, inter-exceptional, inter-exceptuality.

01:54This is the Nigeria's largest carnival, as well as an internationally recognized event.

01:59Responsibleness!

02:07Aya, the man!

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