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🇳🇬 Festivals in Nigeria

21 festivals celebrated in Nigeria, across 9 cities and towns.

Cities and towns

Lagos 2 Abeokuta 1 Abia State 1 Argungu 1 Atak Njei 1 Calabar 1 Kaduna 1 Owo 1 Oyo 1

All Spiritual Cultural National days Seasonal Arts and film Sports

Usually in August, date not yet confirmed 1

Spiritual Augvaries Sango Festival🇳🇬 Oyo, Nigeria

Usually in September, date not yet confirmed 1

Spiritual Sepvaries Igogo Festival🇳🇬 Owo, Nigeria

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in Nigeria and in many other countries.

February 2027 1

Spiritual 8Feb Ramadan🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 29 more countries

March 2027 2

Spiritual 28Mar Easter🇦🇺 Australia and 25 more countries

Spiritual 29Mar Easter Monday🇦🇺 Australia and 36 more countries

August 2027 1

Spiritual 14Aug Mawlid🇩🇿 Algeria and 26 more countries

Usually in March, date not yet confirmed 1

Spiritual Marvaries Easter🇦🇺 Australia and 29 more countries

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Easter: Piero della Francesca, Public domain, source
Ramadan: Gabby Canonizado, CC BY 2.0, source
Easter: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
Sango Festival: Demola Ajayi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Igogo Festival: Gabriel Fadamitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mawlid: Firdaus Latif, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Easter Monday: Atleett, CC0, source

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