ODUM
Celebrated by the Ijaws of Okrika in the Okrika Local Government area of Rivers state. It is celebrated once in 10years or at major occassions. The festival which displays a Boa constrictor masquerade on water, is very colorful, flamboyant and quite expensive to celebrate.The high point of the festival is the offer of gifts such as live goats or other animals which the odum swallows without blinking.
PATEGI
REGATTAThis festival, Which was initated
in 1953 as a river sport competition, takes place in april every year in
Kwara State. It features fishing Swimming and canoe paddling .
OVIA
OSESEThis festival takes place in
Ogori/Mangongo town near Okene, Kogi state two weeks after Easter. It is
celebrated to mark maiden initiation into womanhood.
RIVERS
STATE FESTIVAL WEEK The
annual festival takes place in the first week of April . Celebrated to
showcase the cultural and tourism potentials of Rivers State. It involues Cultural
dances, Masquerade displays , fishing competition, musical Jamboree , boat
regatta, street procession and illumination.
OLO
Olo festival is celebrated by the Ekoli people, Edda Afikpo in Abia State.It is a maiden dance where all women lead their wards to the water for rituals. |
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