Dutse’s dazzling Durbar


Muhammad Hameen Nuhu Sunusi (centre), Emir of Dutse, riding during the Durbar horse procession in Dutse. — AFP

VEILED women ululated as the blare of trumpets and booms of hunting guns filled the air, heralding the approach of the emir in a huge procession of horseback riders draped in colourful robes and turbans.

Durbar, a festivities-filled procession held each Aidilfitri, saw Emir Hameem Nuhu Sunusi, of the Jigawa state capital Dutse, ride through his city as traditional leaders across the rest of Nigeria’s Muslim-majority north did the same.

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