Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Festivals of Ibo

The festivals found in Ibo Culture:

  • New Yam Festival of the Igbo annual harvest festival by the Igbo people held at the end of the rainy season in early August

  • Fishing Festival is when Igbo people go sishing and their masquerade is the traditional way of paying homage to the sea gods

  • Masqurades embodies the spirit and human worlds.and are covered from head to toe with some piece of clothing or/and bamboo rafters

  • Festival of Lights is the same as Hanukkah because in Africa Igbo is most heavily Muslim.

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