It is a traditional festival that takes place right at the end of Ramadan at the Sultan's Palace, in Birni. The sultan, his court and the chief of all butchers and their sons, going in procession through the streets of the old town, with the bulls and the Sultan's banner. After, someone from the guild of butchers fight with the bulls, with nothing in their hands. Spectacular to see the festival in an incredible atmosphere!!!
Travel tips
If you're bored and do not know how to spend the afternoon, one idea is to go to the cinema, near the Central Hotel, and enjoy a movie (sometimes in French) in this popular cinema. Sure, your enjoyment more with the people into the cinema than with the movie!!
Safari Night Club is the most popular disco in the city. Beside to the Hotel Damagaram, only open fryday (the best day) and saturday, with a variety of music. Entrance fee is 2.000 CFA, open from 22:00h.
Around 3 kilometers from the city in the way to Niamey, this lagoon is a beautiful place for relax and make a pic-nic (bring your own). The site hosts various species of birds, many of them migratory and it is a interesting place for fishing. You can go walking there or by taxi, and back walking untill the road, where you can find another taxi.
There are four bus companies operating in the country's major cities: Rimbo, SNTV, Maissagé and Air Transport. Buses from Zinder to Niamaey take between 8-10 hours (although this is quite unpredictable) and split about 4:30 am. from the autogarage of Zinder every day (this may change from day to day). Minimum booking one day before. Price is around 12.000 CFA one way. SNTV has a/c bus on Wed-Fri-Sun, price around 16.000 CFA. Anyway, be ready for a long and dusty day!!!
