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April 27, 2016

Photos: Nigerian Drums Festival

Photos: Nigerian Drums Festival

Drummers beat a record 16-feet tallest traditional drum during the first ever Nigerian drums festival in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2016. Drummers across the country participated in a four-day drums festival designed to showase the rich cultural heritage of different ethnic groups and to revive norms, values, beliefs and aspect of culture that is gradually fading away. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

Drummer Muri Ayangbola beats the traditional drum during the first ever Nigerian drums festival in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2016. Drummers across the country participated in four-day drums festival designed to showase the rich cultural heritage of different ethnic groups and to revive norms, values, beliefs and aspect of culture that is gradually fading away. AFP 
Drummers beat a record 16-feet tallest traditional drum during the first ever Nigerian drums festival in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2016. Drummers across the country participated in a four-day drums festival designed to showase the rich cultural heritage of different ethnic groups and to revive norms, values, beliefs and aspect of culture that is gradually fading away. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

Drummers beat a record 16-feet tallest traditional drum during the first ever Nigerian drums festival in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2016.

A drummer beats the drum during the first-ever festival in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2016. Drummers across the country participated in a four-day drums festival designed to showase the rich cultural heritage of different ethnic groups and to revive norms, values, beliefs and aspect of culture that is gradually fading away. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A drummer beats the drum during the first-ever festival in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2016.

Drummer Muri Ayangbola beats the traditional drum during the first ever Nigerian drums festival in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, on April 22, 2016. rummers across the country participated in four-day drums festival designed to showase the rich cultural heritage of different ethnic groups and to revive norms, values, beliefs and aspect of culture that is gradually fading away. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

Drummer Muri Ayangbola beats the traditional drum during the first ever Nigerian drums festival in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, 

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