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A symbolic gesture that peace was taking root in Mandera County and the entire North Eastern region happened recently when a refurbished Moi Stadium that featured everything but grass literally pulsated with white gowns during the first ever Somali cultural festival.
Men, from Governor Ali Roba and the entire County leadership to invited guests and performers of various activities retrieved from the past wore white outfits with matching head-scarfs and green belts holding ceremonial knives in keeping with Somali traditional attire dating back to a past dominated by Arabs. Women too spotted white, amid impressive gaudy colours that enhanced their feminine beauty. The first lady topped it all with a resplendent crown.
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