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Sunday, March 16, 2014

Benin: End-of-Ramadan Cavalcade

At sunrise, led by a drum-beating griot, or minstrel, Bariba tribesmen are riding in Kandi, Benin, to join the town’s people in prayer in celebration of the End of Ramadan
(c) 1969.
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Au leevr du soleil, suivant un griot au rythme de son petit tambour, des hommes Bariba cavalcadent dans une rue de Kandi, au Bénin, pour joindre la population en prière et célébrer la fin du Ramadan (c) 1969.