Argungu Fishing Festival

Argungu Fishing Festival

The Argungu Fishing Festival is an annual four day festival in north-western Nigerian state of Kebbi. The 2008 Argungu Fishing Festival is planned for March 12-15.

History

The festival began in the year 1934, as a mark of the end of the centuries old hostility between the Sokoto Caliphate and the Kebbi Kingdom.

In 2005, the winning fish weighed 75kg, and needed four men to hoist it onto the scales. In 2006 the festival banned fishing due to safely concerns relating to the low water levels. [cite news |title=Nigeria fish festival bans fish |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6216640.stm |work= |publisher=BBC News |date=2006-11-07 |accessdate=2008-02-11 ]

Competition

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 and many prefer to catch fish entirely by hand (a practice also popular elsewhere and known as "noodling" in the United States) to demonstrate their prowess.

References

External links

* [http://www.ArgunguFishingFestival.com Festival website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/africa_fishing_festival/html/1.stm BBC Gallery]


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