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  • Druids Dave and Adrian. Druid ceremonies during Road Protest actions. Occupation of the Old Chesnut Tree on George Green. Road Protest site at George Green, Wanstead, London. The M11 link road protest was the start of a major anti-road protest in Wanstead and Leytonstone, in autumn 1993 opposing the construction of the M11 Link Road. It began with a protest to save the 250-year-old sweet chestnut tree that grew upon George Green. <br />
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The British Road Protesters movement began in the early 1990s when the Donga tribe squatted Twyford Down to save this beautiful site, a site of scientific interest SSI from the Ministry of transport's road building programme which threatened to destroy the landscape. The Dongas was the name of the ancient walkways, the paths trodden in the middle ages by people walking down to Winchester. A small tribe were joined by people of all walks of life who came to Twyford Down to defend it. A long hard battle over several years ended in the 'cutting' a new motorway built through this ancient monument and destroying it. <br />
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The Road Protest movement in Britain continued for many years and more battles were fought in London against the MII both at Wanstead then in Leytonstone, and subsequently at Newbury, and in Sussex. the protesters were very inventive in their use of non violent peaceful direct action. They barricaded themselves into squats, made tree houses, tunnels and have huge demonstrations against the bailliffs, police and security who tried to force their way through the defences of this alternative environmental popular movement. Many of the roads were built eventually and many sites of great beauty lost, but the government had to stand down from its road building policy and eventually the programme was halted. the protests cost the government billions. Out of that movement grew many environmental NGOs who have to this day kept fighting for ecological and sustainable environmental solutions rather than following the cult of the car, petrol
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  • Druids Dave and Adrian. Druid ceremonies during Road Protest actions. Occupation of the Old Chesnut Tree on George Green. Road Protest site at George Green, Wanstead, London. The M11 link road protest was the start of a major anti-road protest in Wanstead and Leytonstone, in autumn 1993 opposing the construction of the M11 Link Road. It began with a protest to save the 250-year-old sweet chestnut tree that grew upon George Green. <br />
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The British Road Protesters movement began in the early 1990s when the Donga tribe squatted Twyford Down to save this beautiful site, a site of scientific interest SSI from the Ministry of transport's road building programme which threatened to destroy the landscape. The Dongas was the name of the ancient walkways, the paths trodden in the middle ages by people walking down to Winchester. A small tribe were joined by people of all walks of life who came to Twyford Down to defend it. A long hard battle over several years ended in the 'cutting' a new motorway built through this ancient monument and destroying it. <br />
<br />
The Road Protest movement in Britain continued for many years and more battles were fought in London against the MII both at Wanstead then in Leytonstone, and subsequently at Newbury, and in Sussex. the protesters were very inventive in their use of non violent peaceful direct action. They barricaded themselves into squats, made tree houses, tunnels and have huge demonstrations against the bailliffs, police and security who tried to force their way through the defences of this alternative environmental popular movement. Many of the roads were built eventually and many sites of great beauty lost, but the government had to stand down from its road building policy and eventually the programme was halted. the protests cost the government billions. Out of that movement grew many environmental NGOs who have to this day kept fighting for ecological and sustainable environmental solutions rather than following the cult of the car, petrol
    road_protest_uk048.JPG
  • Druid ceremonies during Road Protest actions around the occupation of the Old Chesnut Tree on George Green. Road Protest site at George Green, Wanstead, London. The M11 link road protest was the start of a major anti-road protest in Wanstead and Leytonstone, in autumn 1993 opposing the construction of the M11 Link Road. It began with a protest to save the 250-year-old sweet chestnut tree that grew upon George Green. <br />
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The British Road Protesters movement began in the early 1990s when the Donga tribe squatted Twyford Down to save this beautiful site, a site of scientific interest SSI from the Ministry of transport's road building programme which threatened to destroy the landscape. The Dongas was the name of the ancient walkways, the paths trodden in the middle ages by people walking down to Winchester. A small tribe were joined by people of all walks of life who came to Twyford Down to defend it. A long hard battle over several years ended in the 'cutting' a new motorway built through this ancient monument and destroying it. <br />
<br />
The Road Protest movement in Britain continued for many years and more battles were fought in London against the MII both at Wanstead then in Leytonstone, and subsequently at Newbury, and in Sussex. the protesters were very inventive in their use of non violent peaceful direct action. They barricaded themselves into squats, made tree houses, tunnels and have huge demonstrations against the bailliffs, police and security who tried to force their way through the defences of this alternative environmental popular movement. Many of the roads were built eventually and many sites of great beauty lost, but the government had to stand down from its road building policy and eventually the programme was halted. the protests cost the government billions. Out of that movement grew many environmental NGOs who have to this day kept fighting for ecological and sustainable environmental solutions rather than following the cult of the car, petrol and roadbuild
    road_protest_uk053.JPG
  • Druid ceremonies during Road Protest actions around the occupation of the Old Chesnut Tree on George Green. Road Protest site at George Green, Wanstead, London. The M11 link road protest was the start of a major anti-road protest in Wanstead and Leytonstone, in autumn 1993 opposing the construction of the M11 Link Road. It began with a protest to save the 250-year-old sweet chestnut tree that grew upon George Green.  <br />
<br />
The Road Protest movement in Britain continued for many years and more battles were fought in London against the MII both at Wanstead then in Leytonstone, and subsequently at Newbury, and in Sussex. the protesters were very inventive in their use of non violent peaceful direct action. They barricaded themselves into squats, made tree houses, tunnels and have huge demonstrations against the bailliffs, police and security who tried to force their way through the defences of this alternative environmental popular movement. Many of the roads were built eventually and many sites of great beauty lost, but the government had to stand down from its road building policy and eventually the programme was halted. the protests cost the government billions. Out of that movement grew many environmental NGOs who have to this day kept fighting for ecological and sustainable environmental solutions rather than following the cult of the car, petrol and roadbuilding..
    road_protest_uk052.JPG
  • Druid ceremonies during Road Protest actions around the occupation of the Old Chesnut Tree on George Green. Road Protest site at George Green, Wanstead, London. The M11 link road protest was the start of a major anti-road protest in Wanstead and Leytonstone, in autumn 1993 opposing the construction of the M11 Link Road. It began with a protest to save the 250-year-old sweet chestnut tree that grew upon George Green. <br />
<br />
The British Road Protesters movement began in the early 1990s when the Donga tribe squatted Twyford Down to save this beautiful site, a site of scientific interest SSI from the Ministry of transport's road building programme which threatened to destroy the landscape. The Dongas was the name of the ancient walkways, the paths trodden in the middle ages by people walking down to Winchester. A small tribe were joined by people of all walks of life who came to Twyford Down to defend it. A long hard battle over several years ended in the 'cutting' a new motorway built through this ancient monument and destroying it. <br />
<br />
The Road Protest movement in Britain continued for many years and more battles were fought in London against the MII both at Wanstead then in Leytonstone, and subsequently at Newbury, and in Sussex. the protesters were very inventive in their use of non violent peaceful direct action. They barricaded themselves into squats, made tree houses, tunnels and have huge demonstrations against the bailliffs, police and security who tried to force their way through the defences of this alternative environmental popular movement. Many of the roads were built eventually and many sites of great beauty lost, but the government had to stand down from its road building policy and eventually the programme was halted. the protests cost the government billions. Out of that movement grew many environmental NGOs who have to this day kept fighting for ecological and sustainable environmental solutions rather than following the cult of the car, petrol and roadbuild
    road_protest_uk051.JPG
  • Druids Dave and Adrian. Druid ceremonies during Road Protest actions. Occupation of the Old Chesnut Tree on George Green. Road Protest site at George Green, Wanstead, London. The M11 link road protest was the start of a major anti-road protest in Wanstead and Leytonstone, in autumn 1993 opposing the construction of the M11 Link Road. It began with a protest to save the 250-year-old sweet chestnut tree that grew upon George Green. <br />
<br />
The British Road Protesters movement began in the early 1990s when the Donga tribe squatted Twyford Down to save this beautiful site, a site of scientific interest SSI from the Ministry of transport's road building programme which threatened to destroy the landscape. The Dongas was the name of the ancient walkways, the paths trodden in the middle ages by people walking down to Winchester. A small tribe were joined by people of all walks of life who came to Twyford Down to defend it. A long hard battle over several years ended in the 'cutting' a new motorway built through this ancient monument and destroying it. <br />
<br />
The Road Protest movement in Britain continued for many years and more battles were fought in London against the MII both at Wanstead then in Leytonstone, and subsequently at Newbury, and in Sussex. the protesters were very inventive in their use of non violent peaceful direct action. They barricaded themselves into squats, made tree houses, tunnels and have huge demonstrations against the bailliffs, police and security who tried to force their way through the defences of this alternative environmental popular movement. Many of the roads were built eventually and many sites of great beauty lost, but the government had to stand down from its road building policy and eventually the programme was halted. the protests cost the government billions. Out of that movement grew many environmental NGOs who have to this day kept fighting for ecological and sustainable environmental solutions rather than following the cult of the car, petrol
    road_protest_uk050.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance are asked questions at the end of the voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth at the end of the voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    025voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth at the end of the voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    024voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Breaking the pumpkins in pieces, which explode when ripe, and which will be distributed amongst those who paid for the voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    022voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Breaking the pumpkins in pieces, which explode when ripe, and which will be distributed amongst those who paid for the voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    021voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth, are helped by their spiritual chief, during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    020voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    019voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    018voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth, are helped by their spiritual chief, during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    017voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth, are helped by their spiritual chief, during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    014voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth, are helped by their spiritual chief, during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    013voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    009voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    008voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth, are helped by their spiritual chief, during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    006voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Animist dancer and musicians during Husa voodoo ceremony.. Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    005voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth at the end of the voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    026voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth at the end of the voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    023voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    016voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth, are helped by their spiritual chief, during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    015voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth, are helped by their spiritual chief, during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
    011voodoo_animist_ kano_nigeria.JPG
  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth, are helped by their spiritual chief, during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Drugged Animist dancer and musicians during Husa voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Drugged Husa animists in trance foaming at the mouth during voodoo ceremony..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Drugged Animist dancer and musicians during Husa voodoo ceremony.. Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Animist dancer and musicians during Husa voodoo ceremony.. Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Baobab trees in the Sahel desert..Under the influence of drugs several Husa animists go into trance, speaking in tongues, guiding by their spiritual leader. After several hours they jump onto pumpkins exploding them, the pieces are made into stew which are concidered sacred. After their meeting with the gods they are considered embodied with their spirits and locals who paid for the ceremon will ask them questions about how to lead their life. Animist voodoo pagan ceremonies and traditions pre-date the arrival of Islam in Africa. The earliest Africans were animist, praying to the spirits of rocks and beasts. Animism and Islam have happily co-existed together until Sharia Islamic law was instated which outlaws animist ceremonies music and dancing. The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano. Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Close family greet visiting guests and hand them woven cloths as part of the traditional exchange of gifts, during a Batak funeral ceremony. The cloths have a value according to their quality and can be re-exchanged in future Batak ceremonies...Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Burlesque dancing with frilly skirts showing legs and all that, to an audience of children inside Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, during opening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Members of staff walk by animated octopi, perhaps modeled from the pirates of the Caribbean, in Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, during opening ceremonies, Shandong Province, China
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  • Aquarium tanks with fish swimming inside Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, during opening ceremonies, Rizhao, Shandong Province, China
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Stuffed seals, sharks and various fish in the lobby at Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, during opening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Staff awaiting guests arriving at Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, opening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • Rizhao Ocean Park, Marina, ppening ceremonies, Shandong Province
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  • The actual burial ceremony during a Batak funeral..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch colonial policy favoure
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  • Children walk along the road carrying crucifix accompanying their families during a Batak funeral ceremony..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow t
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  • Close family pay homage to the deceased and wear expensive woven cloths, which are often exchanged during such occasions. Batak funeral ceremony..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial ritua
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  • A son watches over his grandmother in her coffin. Batak funeral ceremony..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial rituals and music, which was a major blow to the traditional religion. Dutch
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  • Close family pay homage to the deceased and wear expensive woven cloths, which are often exchanged during such occasions. Batak funeral ceremony..Batak Indigenous Christian people living on Samosir Island and nearby Lake Toba in Indonesia. There are some 6 million Christian Batak in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country of 237 million people, which has more Muslims than any other in the world. Though it has a long history of religious tolerance, a small extremist fringe of Muslims have been more vocal and violent towards Christians in recent years. ..Batak religion is found among the Batak societies around Lake Toba in north Sumatra. It is ethnically diverse, syncretic, liable to change, and linked with village organisations and the monotheistic Indonesian culture. Toba Batak houses are boat-shaped with intricately carved gables and upsweeping roof ridges, and Karo Batak houses rise up in tiers. Both are built on piles and are derived from an ancient Dong-Son model. The gable ends of traditional houses, Rumah Bolon or Jabu, are richly decorated with the cosmic serpent Naga Padoha carved in wood or in mosaic, lizards, double spirals, female breasts, and the head of the singa, a monster with protruding eyes that is part human, part water buffalo, and part crocodile or lizard. The layout of the village symbolises the Batak cosmos. They cultivate irrigated rice and vegetables. Irrigated rice cultivation can support a large population, and the Toba and the Karo live in densely clustered villages, which are limited to around ten homes to save farming land. The kinship system is based on marriage alliances linking lineages of patrilineal clans called marga. In the 1820's Islam came to the southern Angkola and Mandailing homelands, and in the 1850's and 1860's Christianity arrived in the Angkola and Toba region with Dutch missionaries and the German Rheinische Mission Gesellschaft. The first German missionary caused the Dutch to stop Batak communal sacrificial ritua
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Devon. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Devon. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Devon. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Devon. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Devon, Ottery St. Mary. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Muslim Husa boy with vespa motorbike near the central mosque during the Kano Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Acrobat on stilts in a rural village during the Kano Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Local chiefs ride horses through the streets of Sabon Gari the Christian area of Kano during the Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Local chiefs ride horses through the streets of Sabon Gari the Christian area of Kano during the Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Kano market where all the saddles, leather and accessories are made for the Fantasia celebrations.. The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Kano market where all the saddles, leather and accessories are made for the Fantasia celebrations.. The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Husa Militias dressed in traditional dress during the Kano Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Horse and rider dressed up during the Kano Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Acrobat on stilts in a rural village during the Kano Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • The Emir of Kano changes his horse and outfiut for each day and ceremon during the Fantasia Durbar at Kano..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Local chiefs ride horses towards the Emir to pay homage to him, during the Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Crowds watch the horse procession pass during the first day of the Kano Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Mass friday prayer during the Kano Durbar Fantasia.. The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • The Emir of Kano changes his horse and outfiut for each day and ceremon during the Fantasia Durbar at Kano..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Hornblowers seranading the Emir on the first day of the Kano Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Local chiefs on horses during the Durbar Fantasia..The Durbar Fantasia, is the moment where The Husa residents of Kano wear traditional dress, their local leaders and chiefs mount horses, and together with their militias display allegiance and homage to their leader, the Emir of Kano. This takes place after Ramadan. The Emir is Kano's State official political and economic feudal leader, everyone seeks to be in his pleasure, otherwise they reap the consequences..Kano is the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir. Kano and the other eleven northern states are under Islamic Sharia Law which is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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  • Europe, England, Sussex. English Carnival Bonfire Season. They commemorate the attempted destruction of the Houses of Parliment by Guy Fawkes on Nov 5th 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Also the killing of Protestant martyrs by the Catholics, Pagan rites, the world wars and various other historical events. Three months of nightime festivities where local people march through the streets with flaming torches disguised in fancy dress. Photograph © Nigel Dickinson
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