1
: court held by an Indian prince
2
: a formal reception held by an Indian prince or an African ruler
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Both foreground mounted Hausa riders in ceremonial durbar dress against a backdrop of iconographic Western figures – Zeus, Europa, Napoleon.
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 4 May 2021
The final ritual is the durbar, similar to a bar mitzvah, quinceañera, or dipo of the Krobo tribe of Ghana.
—Alexandreena Dixon, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2017
Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 4 May 2021
The final ritual is the durbar, similar to a bar mitzvah, quinceañera, or dipo of the Krobo tribe of Ghana.
—Alexandreena Dixon, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2017
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