In Igboland, masquerades are held in high esteem and play roles such as being custodians of traditional laws ensuring peace and resolving conflicts in the community. Of all the masquerades in Igboland ...

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In Igbo land, masquerades are feared and respected. They are regarded as the spirit of the ancestors who resurface to adjudicate on matters that defied the wisdom of the living In the yesteryear, the ...

MASQUERADES are one of the noble and cherished aspects of Igbo tradition and culture. Every community in Igbo land has masquerades. In many communities, males are initiated into the masquerade group ...

Onye Ogwu, a popular entertaining "female" Igbo masquerade, is a crowd pleaser with her joking and jesting antics and storytelling. She usually performs during women's festivals. Her costume and ...

Masquerades are cultural or religious events that often feature masked dancers embodying various spirits. Omabe masquerades are believed to be representatives of the ancestors of Nsukka. The region ...

The violence occurred over the plan by some people to celebrate Odo Masquerade Festival on Monday. There is palpable tension in Aku in the Igbo-Etiti local government area of Enugu state after one ...

Some traders of Igbo extraction and Yoruba youths in Akure, the Ondo State capital, have engaged in a free for all following the alleged stabbing of a masquerade escort by an Igbo trader The incident ...