Argungu Fishing Festival

The Argungu Fishing Festival baki  Argungu Dance Festival  eyi ku ma che ọjọ mẹlẹ ọdọ dù yi Kebbi State kpaì amì northern states omunẹ dabi  Niger kì di north-western part eyi Northern Nigeria. Ogbegbele lẹ chẹ nì fertile river areas of matanfada, mala kí ni much irrigation kpai orchards (lambu alu Hausa). Ójìle abo ku má dodo ọmọ chi amì abakpa ku má mu ẹja.  Kanta Museum lẹ chi main historical centre kì di Argungu nwu ami ononojo ku má kwì ùgbódù y'liẹyi. Amonẹ kwì ùgbódù y'liẹyi mawi Argungu atodu ku má deju dì ucholo lẹ. Ẹrẹ kpaka eyi Argungu fishing festival chi ẹja e'mu kpáí udama..festival lẹ chi ọjọ mẹlẹ má che.

Ọyiala
Icholo lẹ chanẹ ọdọ 1934 kì chi ukpoji centuries-old hostility kì di agbagba the Sokoto Caliphate kpaì the Kebbi Kingdom. Icholo lẹ chẹ nì unyogba nana wí efu state chakadu.

Má gbojí adọ ki Fishing-Frenzy Festival. Má chí uyo icholo lẹ kì mark uchanẹ eyi fishing season efu Argungu, ewo kì di iba ájí efù  Kebbi State. Má chuyo icholo kì dẹ yì èfu ochu February kpai March ọdọ du.

Efu ọdọ 2005 the winning fish weighed 75 kg, kpai amì ẹnẹkẹlẹ mẹlẹ neke nẹ ti'oji scales. Efu ọdọ 2006, icholo lẹ di ábá nì ẹja e'mu atodu safety concerns relating to the low water levels. Todu kì icholo kì di chi enwù ogbogaga nwi economy ijẹnwu kì gọmeti kì conserve fish stock da ba lù kì naba ku má kì mu èjá kpai iga'n . The Zauro polder project, an irrigation scheme eyi kì di Rima River floodplain yi eju south eyi Argungu, has been criticized atodu ki reservoir lẹ threatens kì ómì nwu kì ko ugbo ku má chí Icholo lẹ.

Activities include:

 Craft showcases
 Canoe races
 Agricultural showcases
 Cultural activities
 Wrestling matches
 Musical performances
 A Grand Fishing conquest
 Swimming contest

Competition
Ma chi competition ọjọ ótìtala eyi icholo lẹ ùgbó kì amì ẹnẹkẹlẹ wewe ayì ọgba oná ájí lẹ kpai chẹñwù kuma fì olí ta nyi atẹ, ọgbọ má mu tọ tì áfo ájí kpai má ní hour ká kùma mu ẹja kì nana tùle. Ẹnẹ kì dù, álo tunyi kpai ọkọ US$7,500. Má jẹ nwu ma ku má di traditional fishing tools kpai ójìle ma prefer ku má mu ẹja kpai ọwọ má (onwu chi uvheoeyi ku má dọ ki "noodling") kì di prowess má ñwa.

 2020 Argungu Fishing Festival 
Efu ọdọ 2020 Argungu Fishing Festival, Ẹnẹ kì mu ẹja kì nana tù le kì uwoji nwu dábí 78 kilograms  N10 million má dù nwu, moto titọ mèjí , kpai ugwugwu meji kìlo tì Hajj . Má di award nwu ẹnẹ ẹkeji kpai ẹkẹta gẹ. Dabù amì amu'ẹja 50,000 tu lè chi annual festivalki chi yi Kebbi State kpai má di abo ku má dù ojo amì ẹja ku má mu. The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari chè di 2020 Argungu Fishing Festival Icholo eyi  2020 chi the 60th edition lù bi Ọdọ mègwá kì má chi'n da ba lù kì governor of the state Abubakar Bagudu ka. Onu go gẹ, íbè ká kì dubi icholo kì deyi chi ku má chunyogba udama èfèwo lẹ kpai kùma chatekó amì amu'ẹja kì di ọmọ lẹ.

See also
Festivals in Nigeria

References

External links
Festival website
BBC Gallery

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Category:Kebbi State
Category:Cultural festivals in Nigeria
Category:1934 establishments in Nigeria
Category:Recurring events established in 1934
Category:Annual events in Nigeria
Category:Fishing in Nigeria
Category:Festivals established in 1934