Monday, April 9, 2012

LAGOS CARNIVAL.....NIGERIA.....09/04/2012

Boats parade during a regatta in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Organizers held a regatta Sunday as part of the ongoing Lagos Carnival. The carnival will come to its height Monday as dancers and masqueraders walk through the streets of Lagos' two main islands.









A woman dances in processionduring the yearly Lagos carnival on April 9, 2012. The carnival celebrates the Easter festival and the rich cultural heritage of of the state.







People gather around a masquerade on a boat in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Organizers held a boat regatta Sunday as part of the ongoing Lagos Carnival. The carnival will come to its height Monday as dancers and masquerades walk through the streets of Lagos' two main islands.







A couple dances in procession with their costumes during the yearly Lagos carnival on April 9, 2012. Theannual carnival celebrates the Easter festival and the rich cultural heritage of of the state.







People dance in a procession during the yearly Lagos carnival on April 9, 2012. The yearly Lagos carnival to celebrate the Easter festival and the rich cultural heritage of the state was held in Lagos metropolis.







A group of Ijaw youths, an ethnic group of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, dress up and pretend to be militants inLagos, Nigeria on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Organizers held a boat regatta Sunday as part of the ongoing Lagos Carnival. The carnival will come to its height Monday as dancers and masquerades walk through the streets of Lagos' two main islands.







Gelede masaquerades (with Chief Justice G. B. A. Coker 2nd R and HRM Oba Adeyinka at R) dance in a procession during the yearly Lagos carnival on April 9, 2012. The yearly Lagos carnival to celebrate the Easter festival and the rich cultural heritage of the state was held in Lagos metropolis.







Men dressed in costumes parade during a regatta inLagos, Nigeria on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Organizers held a boat regatta Sunday as part of the ongoing Lagos Carnival. The carnival will come to its height Monday as dancers and masqueraders walk through the streets of Lagos' two main islands.







Women pose in their costumes in a procession during the yearly Lagos carnival on April 9, 2012. The carnival celebratse the Easter festival and the rich cultural heritage of of the state in Lagos metropolis.









A member of a group of Ijaw youths, an ethnic group of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, pretends to be a militant inLagos, Nigeria on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Organizers held a boat regatta Sunday as part of the ongoing Lagos Carnival. The carnival will come to its height Monday as dancers and masquerades walk through the streets of Lagos' two main islands.







A man dances in a procession during the yearly Lagos carnival on April 9, 2012. The yearly Lagos carnival to celebrate the Easter festival and the rich cultural heritage of of the state was held in Lagos metropolis.







A woman dances in a procession during the yearly Lagos carnival on April 9, 2012. The yearly Lagos carnival to celebrate the Easter festival and the rich cultural heritage of the state was held in Lagos metropolis.







People dance in a procession during the yearly Lagos carnival on April 9, 2012. The yearly Lagos carnival to celebrate the Easter festival and the rich cultural heritage of the state was held in Lagos metropolis.











A man paints face of a young girl with the logo of the carnival before a procession during the yearly Lagos carnival on April 9, 2012. The yearly Lagos carnival to celebrate the Easter festival and the rich cultural heritage of the state was held in Lagos metropolis.









Boats parade during a regatta in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Organizers held a regatta Sunday as part of the ongoing Lagos Carnival. The carnival will come to its height Monday as dancers and masqueraders walk through the streets of Lagos' two main islands.







A photograph taken on April 7, 2007 shows Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote inLagosAfrica's richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, has donated 500,000 dollars to victims of last month's munitions blasts in Congo which killed at least 282 people, his group said on April 4, 2012. Dangote made the donation at the weekend in the Congolese capital Brazzaville with a pledge to increase his charity works as well as create more jobs for Africans this year.







A member of a group of Ijaw youths, an ethnic group of Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, pretends to be a militant inLagos, Nigeria on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Organizers held a boat regatta Sunday as part of the ongoing Lagos Carnival. The carnival will come to its height Monday as dancers and masquerades walk through the streets of Lagos' two main islands.







Men take part in traditional wrestling in Lagos, Nigeria as part of the ongoing Lagos Carnival, Sunday April 8, 2012. The carnival will come to its height Monday as dancers and masquerades walk through the streets of Lagos' two main islands.







Odusole Adebeju Funmilade, left, runner-up, Lawal Yewande, center, winner of Lagos carnival Queen and Oluwagbemisola Shotade, right, 1st runner-up, react with their crowns during a Queen carnival pageant in Lagos, Nigeria Saturday, April 7, 2012. Lagos is hosting its annual street carnival on Monday, a popular spot with young migrant workers from Africa's most populous nation.





































































































































































































































































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