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What are the important festivals in Africa?

The festivals in Africa are as follows: 1, Sahara Festival. Sahara Festival is held in Duzi Town, Tunisia on February 65438 every year. Festival activities include leading tourists across the desert, marching warriors and camel teams, camel racing and camel shooting. With the charm of the desert, many foreign tourists and local residents enjoy the festival every year. 2. Horse racing festival The Moroccan horse racing festival is held in September every year. At that time, riders from all walks of life will gather, and there will be thousands of Ma Benteng on the racecourse, shouting loudly, and riders will whip their horses and compete fiercely for the championship title. After the game, the riders came back cheering with muskets held high, showing the heroic and tenacious spirit of the Moroccan people. 3. Patti Festival Patti Festival is a festival for Abidy people in C? te d 'Ivoire to worship their ancestor Bidio and celebrate his rebirth. It is held every April. A whole sheep sacrifice ceremony will be held during the festival. The next morning, the whole village shouted and slapped the door together to drive away bad luck. Then the men jumped into the river or threw water and mud at each other to congratulate them. The last program of the Patty Festival is to simulate the battle with the "devil". Introduction to Africa Africa is Africa, which is located in the western part of the Eastern Hemisphere, southern Europe, western Asia, eastern Indian Ocean and western Atlantic Ocean. It spans the north and south of the equator, covering an area of about 30.2 million square kilometers (land area), accounting for 20.4% of the total land area in the world. It is the second largest continent in the world with the second largest population (about 6543.8+286 million). The African continent reaches Cape Hafeng (5124' e,127' n) in the east, Cape Gullers (20 02' E, 34 51's) in the south and Cape Verde (133') in the west. The plateau area of the African continent is vast. The plateau with an altitude of 500- 1000 meters accounts for more than 60% of Africa's area and is known as the "plateau continent". The mountainous plateau with an altitude of more than 2000 meters accounts for about 5% of Africa.