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Gara

Hausa · Hausa / Northern Nigeria; Niger; zongo communities in Ghana · Ceremony

Wedding gifts from a bride's relatives. Robinson glosses gara as '1. a wife's or relative's marriage presents given to a bridegroom; yin gara to rejoice at a marriage; 2. a feast'.

The bride's family brought gara of food and household goods.

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