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At one point, the dancing 65-year-old even gave tongue-in-cheek thanks to the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo – for bringing the Sudanese together on the streets.
The roads were clogged far out from the centre with busloads of protesters travelling to the demonstration, singing in support of Mr Bashir as they went.
Not all support Mr Bashir. There is little love lost for the leader in those areas affected by the long years of fighting with Khartoum, such as Darfur, the east or the south.
But here in the heart of government loyalists, there was almost a party atmosphere.
A group of women chanted “Down with Ocampo”, while a column of school-children shouted, “Down, down America”.