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World Street Corner Music Day leads today's complete edition for Togo.
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A day for songs heard from passing cars, markets, radios, festivals, windows, workplaces, and family gatherings.
The pirogue regattas on Lake Nokoue draw entire communities to the shoreline. The drummers in each boat set the pace, the paddlers dig in, and the crowd screams for their village crew. In the lake villages where everyone travels by canoe, racing is not just sport. It is a demonstration of the skill that daily life requires. Winning a regatta earns bragging rights that last until the next race, which is never soon enough.