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Key FactsOtu presents Carnival Calabar’s 2025 mascot and Diaspora Band

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On Sunday, Governor Otu, represented by Deputy Governor Peter Odey, unveiled the 2025 mascot during Calabar’s Second Dry Run.

He also introduced the newly created Diaspora Band, intended to reconnect Africans abroad with their roots through culture.

Commission chairman Gabe Onah said October’s homecoming of 92 African diasporans inspired the band’s formation.

NAN reports that the annual festival takes place every December and has become Nigeria’s biggest, internationally recognised carnival.

In the same vein, I unveil the new Diaspora Band, created to reconnect Africans abroad with their roots through culture and artistic expression.
— Governor Bassey Otu, speaking at the unveiling of the Carnival Calabar mascot and the Diaspora Band, represented by the Deputy Governor, Peter Odey

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