Wouldn’tnit be amazing to see thousands of people lined up on the banks of thenSokoto River, in the African nation of Nigeria? Those thousands would all be holding calabash gourds and fishing nets. Way morenamazing would be to see them, at the sound of a signal, all jump intonthe river at one time!
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nWe’rentalking maybe 35,000 people jumping into the river!
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nThenstartled fish jump about—many of them straight into the nets!
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nWhoeverncatches the largest fish wins a prize worth around $8000 U.S. plus anminivan. People catch fish as large as 50 to 80 kilograms (110 to 176npounds)!
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Thisnfishing frenzy is the culmination of a three-day festival. Well, mynguess is that the giant fish feast that surely follows is thenculmination. But it is the craziness of thousands and thousands ofnpeople jumping into a river to catch fish almost barehanded that isnespecially unique!
Thisnfishing frenzy is the culmination of a three-day festival. Well, mynguess is that the giant fish feast that surely follows is thenculmination. But it is the craziness of thousands and thousands ofnpeople jumping into a river to catch fish almost barehanded that isnespecially unique!n
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nLearnnmore about Nigeria…
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nA to Z Kids Stuff has a page with links about this African nation.
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nTheneHow website features three Nigerian art activities.
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nGo West Africa offers a PDF with games, a maze, and a recipe—allnon the Nigerian theme.
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nPeasants’nDay in Myanmar
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