I'm from the south west part of the nigeria. The festival took place on 31th July 2020 at iwaro oka akoko which was my home town . It is usually celebrated every year . Everyone comes out which the village King and dance up to a hill in the village and pray and comes back . People dress randomly to dance and celebrate the festival . I was lucky to be present in this year festival . In the festival you'll see peoples , masquerade , priest and the village King been escorted to and down the hillHi guys ,how are y'all doing today . Thanks to @dwayne16 and @marvinix for this opportunity to share my #pobdaily .
Here's a masquerade dancing around
It was all fun people moving around and there's was room for tourist to take pictures and videos . People was allowed to go the hill with them but there's a certain limit to where visitors can reach and watch them .
Everyone was dancing and singing . It was total fun and very lively
Here's another different masquerade . I saw up to five different masquerade . As each masquerade was passing guns were been shot in the air as the festival was going on . another sweet aspect of the festival was after people are back home from the hill they'll pound yam and a lovely soup and use it welcome and visitor they entertain for the day .If you're a visitor in the village you don't have to be afraid or shy . Anyone is welcome to visit anyone and fest there. I was present with this when I got home after the festival .
This is pounded yam with a local soup called (arumaba)
Best part is after everything is done the king do hold a nice get together party for everyone you wants to come around. Free drinks and food. That was how I spent my day on 31th July 2021
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Cool stuff. I wish you took more pictures, though, I would have liked to see the King for example and see the attires he wears and what his Entourage usually looks like.
Wow, I am pleased to read this post, I am also an indigene of Ondo, it’s good to see that our culture it been told here on pob.
In addition to what you have said, I will like to explain that the new yam festival is always celebrated yearly at the end of the rainy season which which is between the later days of July and the early days of August.
This period of time is when farmers reap harvest of food and new set of yams in their farms. In Nigeria, most especially in the Yoruba land, they see pounded yam as the most respected food, when ever one is about to receive a guest of honor, it is the norms to prepare pounded yam for them to show how important that are and how well their visits are accepted.
Pounded yam, in the picture you can all see in the main post, is processed by pounding boiled yam in a mortar and pestle.
Our people have the belief that when the yam festival is been celebrated, the yams harvested throughout the year will be fat and good, this is why they celebrate the festival annually
That's right . I love our culture
cool traditional events , that i have missed traditional events because now i live as an urban. old tradition is not preserved by urban communities