captures the glamour and spectacle of this year’s durbar in Gombe State
Horses, coloured attire, ear-soothing music and a large crowd set the tone for the 2021 colourful Durbar in Gombe State.
The ceremony is traceable to a pre-colonial act of martial display with riders wielding sticks as well as warriors on the land. The atmosphere is usually characterised with sounds from dane guns which is usually shot into the air, with smell of locally-made gunpowder laced with nylon to make the sound travel far.
The procession comes alive with the traditional ruler seated on a well-decorated horse usually white which signifies royalty and peace. He is always accompanied by titled holders in the emirate and his royal guards.
Despite COVID-19 threat, Gombe fun-seekers ignore social distancing to relish durbar The Punch captures the glamour and spectacle of this year’s durbar in Gombe State
Horses, coloured attire, ear-soothing music and a large crowd set the tone for the 2021 colourful Durbar in Gombe State.
The ceremony is traceable to a pre-colonial act of martial display with riders wielding sticks as well as warriors on the land. The atmosphere is usually characterised with sounds from dane guns which is usually shot into the air, with smell of locally-made gunpowder laced with nylon to make the sound travel far.
The procession comes alive with the traditional ruler seated on a well-decorated horse usually white which signifies royalty and peace. He is always accompanied by titled holders in the emirate and his royal guards.