The Argungu Fishing Festival is a historic four-day annual event in Kebbi State, Nigeria, officially inaugurated in 1934 to mark the end of centuries-old hostilities between the Sokoto Caliphate and the Kebbi Kingdom. It celebrates peace, unity, and culture through traditional fishing,, canoe racing, and agricultural displays, held in February.The Argungu Fishing Festival is an annual, four-day, world-renowned cultural event held in Kebbi State, Nigeria, typically in February. Originating in 1934 as a peace gesture, it features a dramatic,, mass competition where thousands of fishermen use traditional nets and gourds to catch the largest fish in the Matan Fada River.
