A Durbar festival is celebrated yearly in Ilorin and several cities of Nigeria. This ocassion is used to celebrate the end of Ramadan and is also celebrated within the month of eid el Kabir and eid el Fitri, which marks the Muslim holidays.
It is usually commenced with holy prayers, which a parade of the Emir and his entourage on horses will follow, together with popular performances, and concluded at the Emir's palace. Durbar in various cities are considered as tourist attractions.
Durbar festival came into existence in Nigeria through the colonial masters with the aim to share their political experience with them. Queen Victoria was proclaimed as India colonial's empress in the year 1877. The word Durbar is formed by the ceremony which was linked to the Persian origin.
Formerly, the events in Nigeria were ceremonial in nature, the first Durbar was performed in 1911, consecutives ones were held in 1924, 1925, 1948, 1960 and 1972. The ceremonies connected pre-colonial aspects of horse ride display, colonist created gatherings and celebrations of important events in Northern Nigeria.
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