Algeria marks independence with horse-riding festival

Dozens of Algerians wearing traditional clothes rode horses and fired rifles during a festival marking the 62nd anniversary of the declaration of independence on July 5, 1962 that ended French rule. Horseman Mohamed Mahouz says Algerians "carried out many resistance movements with horses."
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