Festivals in Adamawa State


Annually, Adamawa plays host to 32 festivals, including the three-day Zhita in Bazza as well as Dukwa and Yawal in Madagali.
There is also Sorro a Fulani day-long observance commemorating the initiation of a group of boys into manhood. It is held in Yola and usually takes place in February.


The Kilba people of Hong are renowned for their Tiwe festival which runs for 120 days. It is a funerary rite which features sacrifices to ancestors, the pouring of libations, incantations, drumming, singing and dancing, as well as street processions.

Traditional in Adamawa

Festivals such as the Njuwa Fishing Festival, which holds at Lake Njuwa in Yola, and the Yinagu Fishing Festival at Michika attract people from within and outside the state from the month of March through to May each year..






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