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One of the main attractions of Kagoro is the Afan National Festival. It showcases the cultural heritage of Southern Kaduna and the central Nigerian plateau, marking the end of the annual grain harvest and the beginning of hunting expeditions.
The Afan National Festival is an annual event celebrated every 1 January by the Oegworok (Kagoro) people of southern Kaduna State, Middle Belt (central) Nigeria. It is said to have been observed for over 400 years. The festival holds every January 1 in the palace of the Chief of Kagoro in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
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Though not so high, but try take a walk up the hilltop of Zikpak, to view the town up to as far as the old township stadium.
An area which adjoins with the forests around Kagoro and Gidan Waya to the east and southeast of Kafanchan, where the historical elephant which the Fantswam shot around Kagoro fell, giving birth to their first settlement, whence they spread westwards to Zikpak and further to as far as their boundary with the Bajju, around Nyaanshyi (Yaanshyi) district of present times. The area is blessed with numerous fauna (mainly reptiles and birds) and flora. The area is rapidly undergoing deforestation as of today.
On your way to the Fantswam traditional forest reserve, branch to the office of the Agwam Fantswam to see the mausoleum of the first post-colonial Chief of Kafanchan (2001-2018), Agwam Musa Didam.
Getting to enjoy the natural view of the waterfalls is tollfree.
Natively called Cen Zat ("Buffalo Stream"). Said to be a gateway to reaching the homeland from whence the Fantswam came, in the Jos-Bauchi plateau. It is also said to contain some rare animal species, as hunting is prohibited therein.
Usually held on Boxing Day.