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Festivals, Performing Traditions and Intangible Cultural Heritage

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  1. Which sacred forested grove in Osun State along the Osun River was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005?
  2. Which mountainous cultural landscape in Adamawa State was recognized in 1999 as Nigeria's first UNESCO World Heritage Site?
  3. Which historic four-day cultural festival in Kebbi State features thousands of fishermen competing to catch the largest fish using hand nets and calabashes?
  4. What grand equestrian cavalry parade and cultural pageant is staged by northern emirates during Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Kabir celebrations?
  5. Which annual royal cultural festival celebrates the ceremonial emergence of the Obi of Onitsha to bless his subjects and conclude the harvest season?
  6. Which unique masquerade performance on Lagos Island features all-white robed figures carrying the Opambata staff, staged for historical funerals and state occasions?
  7. What massive 32-day street carnival held throughout December in Cross River State is popularly billed as 'Africa's Biggest Street Party'?
  8. What annual cultural festival celebrated across southeastern Nigeria between August and October marks the harvest of the new yam crop?
  9. Which annual celebration on the third day of Eid al-Kabir sees Ijebu families, age-grade societies, and royal horsemen pay homage to the Awujale in Ijebu-Ode?
  10. What end-of-year spiritual thanksgiving and purification festival is celebrated in December by the Oba of Benin to renew his mystical powers?
  11. What traditional rite of passage among the pastoral Fulani requires young men seeking marriage to endure public flogging with canes without showing pain?
  12. Which esoteric leopard society practiced among the Efik, Ibibio, and Ejagham peoples historical acted as a secret governing and judicial council?
  13. What ancient indigenous graphic communication system of ideograms and pictograms was developed and used by the Ekpe society in Cross River?
  14. What massive, multi-tiered masquerade structure recognized by UNESCO towers over four meters high and is acclaimed as the king of Igbo masquerades?
  15. Which Yoruba masquerade tradition, inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List, uses carved wooden headdresses to honor the mystical authority of mothers?
  16. What composite puppet theater and masquerade storytelling performance practiced by the Tiv people of Benue State is recognized by UNESCO?
  17. At which annual festival in Ile-Ife does the Ooni of Ife emerge wearing the ancient sacred Aare crown, the only day of the year it is worn?
  18. Which historic boat regatta festival held on the River Niger in Kwara State features competitive canoe races, swimming contests, and cultural displays?
  19. Which street in Benin City has been home to the hereditary royal bronze casters' guild (Igun Eronmwon) since the reign of Oba Oguola?
  20. Which UNESCO-inscribed intangible cultural heritage system consists of an oral divination corpus of 256 poems (Odu) practiced by the Yoruba people?
  21. Which spiritual healing and trance possession practice in traditional Hausa society survived despite the adoption of orthodox Islamic institutions?
  22. What annual festival in Oyo town commemorates the deity of thunder and lightning, who was the third Alaafin of Oyo?
  23. Which cultural rite celebrated in Abeokuta commemorates the legendary warrior who delivered the Egba people from the imperial dominance of the Oyo Empire?
  24. What traditional martial art in northern Nigeria features boxers fighting with one hand wrapped in cord (the spear) and one hand used as a shield?
  25. Which ancient festival in Ile-Ife commemorates the sacrifice of Queen Moremi Ajasoro, who saved the town from mysterious Ugbo invaders?

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