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3. The Ekombi dance is mainly danced by Efik people of Calabar, Cross River State. It is a beautiful and entertaining dance in which maidens are dressed in multi-coloured attires sewn in a mini skirt and blouse form which exposes their stomach. [5] 4. Atilogwu Dance : This is a traditional dance from the Igbo ethnic group of Nigeria. Atilogwu ...
There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] The official language is English, [4] [5] which was the language of Colonial Nigeria.The English-based creole Nigerian Pidgin – first used by the British and African slavers to facilitate the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th century [6] – is the most common lingua franca, spoken by over 60 million people.
Other examples of their traditional dishes are eba, pounded yam, iyan, fufu and soups like okra, ogbono and egusi. Fufu is so emblematic of Nigeria that it figures in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, for example. [77] Nigeria is known for its many traditional dishes. Each tribe has different dishes that are unique to their culture.
Etighi is a Nigerian dance. The etighi dance was founded by the Akwa Ibom people.The dance requires movement of the leg and the waist. The dance is known across Nigeria and popularly used by the Ibibio and Efik people where its origin began.
Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the entire country because other languages have been around for over a thousand years making them the major languages in terms of numbers of native speakers.
Atilogwu 1 Atilogu Dancer - Igbo Tribe - Oji River - Enugu State - Nigeria. Atilogwu is a spirited youth dance from the Igbo ethnic group of Nigeria that focuses on vigorous body movement and often includes acrobatics. In the Igbo language, the word itself "Atilogwu" translates into "has magic, as in sorcery/witchcraft". [1]
Egedege Dance // ⓘ is one of the most renowned traditional dance outfits and an Igbo traditional Royal-styled cultural dance in the whole of South Eastern Nigeria. Founded in 1985, [1] it is a reincarnation of an old version originally performed by the ancestors of the present-day Unubi. In those days, it was a moonlight dance, performed by ...
Nigerian Pidgin is most widely spoken in the oil state Niger Delta where most of its population speak it as their first language. [10] There are accounts of pidgin being spoken first in colonial Nigeria before being adopted by other countries along the West African coast.