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Mamaya de Kankan in Kankan
An annual Kankan celebration of Mamaya, a traditional Manding social dance rooted deeply in Upper Guinea, timed each year to the Islamic Tabaski holiday and publicly cited by Guinea's own national tourism office as a genuine cornerstone of the whole country's official cultural tourism strategy.
Mamaya de Kankan is an annual celebration of Mamaya, a Manding social dance tradition rooted specifically in Kankan and the wider Upper Guinea region, timed each year to coincide with Tabaski, the West African name for Eid al-Adha, rather than following a fixed civil calendar date.