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Artists light up island as cultural festival resumes

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The festival featured diverse events including Swahili poetry by schools, donkey races, dhow races, henna painting, bao games, swimming and deep-sea fishing. [Maaruf Mohammed, Standard]

It was a display of raw and mighty talent in the last three days as the Lamu Cultural Festival made a comeback after a three-year break occasioned by the outbreak of Covid-19.

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