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All these culminates in the annual celebration of the Ogidi new yam festival. [44] According to the people of Ogidi, new yam festival is celebrated to offer thanksgiving to God who gives increase and yield. It is celebrated in conjunction with the ogidi-Ela day which is the land's cultural day, which starts few days to the festival week.
The New Yam festival is a highly captivating art event. The colourful festival is a visual spectacle of coherence, of dance, of joy and feasting, an annual display for community members, to mark the end of the cultivation season, a festival where the people express their gratitude to those that helped them reap a bountiful harvest. [15] [16]
Afiaolu (New yam festival) // ⓘ is a traditional festival held annually in Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria [1] around August. The Afiaolu festival commences on “Eke” day with what is traditionally described as “Iwaji” (scaling of yam) and Ikpa Nku (the wood gathering), this heralds the availability of new yam as well as thanksgiving to God. [2]
It is celebrated in the south-south region of Cross River State, [1] Nigeria. [2] The Leboku New Yam festival is peculiar to the core Yakạạ speaking communities: Ugep, Idomi, Ekori, Mkpani and Nko, and the international version is celebrated in Ugep once in a year. Each of the communities mentioned being peculiar to the Festival have a ...
[citation needed] Leboku is the name for the annual New Yam Festival celebrated in Ugep, Nigeria, one of the five settlements of Yakurr, to honor of the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the land. [137] The Iriji-Mmanwu festival is held in Enugu state in August.
The Ikeji festival is an annual four-day festival held by the Igbo people of Arondizuogu, [1] in Imo state, Nigeria, between the months of March and April to celebrate the harvest of new yams and the Igbo culture. It is arguably the largest masquerade parade in West Africa.
Emidin Festival is the annual new yam festival of the Ekinrin people. Emidin festival is usually celebrated in June. In the very old days, barns of yams shows the wealth of a person, someone with a large collection of yams marked prestige. From planting till harvest, the process of farming yam is taken sacred by the Ekinrin-Adde's culture.
It is the pinnacle of all masquerades, and it typically takes place last. Many communities in South-East Nigeria have the Ijele brought to them in order to symbolize fertility and a plentiful harvest. It also shows up at important events like weddings, memorial services, and other celebrations. Izaga [5]