A Historical Appraisal of Ramadan Festival among Ilorin People
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2021
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Department of History and International Studies, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria.
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Religion and culture are two different phenomena, although both of them intertwined to sustain each other. A religion that is indigenous to people who practice it is usually integrated with their cultural life. Some practical aspect of Islam are sustained by indigenous people through native instinct, which are imbrued in their culture. This work assessed a historical analysis of how Ilorin people socio-culturally sustained Ramadan fast, till date. The work also appraised a distinguished feature of Ramadan fast among Ilorin people. The method adopted are participant observation, interview and text content analysis.
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Ramadan, Culture, Relations, Sustainability, Ramadan, Culture, Relations, Sustainability