Village in Kaduna, Nigeria
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Nok is a village in Kaduna State. The famous Nok culture was named after it.
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House built in the early 1940s by the British colonial archeologist and museum curator, Bernard Fagg.
Used for metal smelting by the founders of the Nok culture.
Although temporarily closed, you could still go around to see the nice traditional architectural works there. You could be lucky to see to find someone to take you into the museum to see one or two terracotta works, images and tell you some tales.
There is a famous tree said to be so sacred that the native priests who go to it had to be clean from all forms of sin. Otherwise, the tree withers its leaves in grievance. Although, it was said that as the priests could no longer keep to the level of purity required, the tree eventually shed all its leaves. You could go learn more about this story from the natives.
Try go into the caves, where the people were said to have hidden from their enemies during wars in the ages past, with the help of tour guides you shall find in the village who might charge you some outrageous amounts ranging from ₦6,000 to ₦8,000 to get into a cave and go out from the other end. The inner part of the cave is very dark so, don't forget to hold a bright shining torchlight along.
Sell food stuff and cosmetic.
The most popular means of getting around the village is on motorcycle and bicycle, as most of the roads are immotorable.
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