The cultural zone of Nsukka, Obollo in particular celebrates Onwa Asa festival every year
between the month of June and July. The remarkable thing is that masquerade use to be everywhere in town.
This is the time of traditional men use to re-engages different gods according
to their faiths and belief. This
practice has been there before the coming of the Europeans that brought
Christianity. Though being overtaken by the Christian faiths.
The joy of the festival has been the watch of different masquerades
like Okpokwu, Akatakpa, Ukwuidenyi, Ogerenyi Akatakpa, Oke-ikpe, Onyeyiko maru
and the rest of others.
The bad aspect of the masquerade not the festival is the
fetish aspect of its vendetta.
I promise to furnish you with this year’s folding events.
Happy viewing.
