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PREFACE
The
production of this painting is to enable the society to know and understand the
positive effects and the needs the Opoto festival in Enugu Agidi Village. The
Opoto festival which is been held every third months of the year march plays a
very vital role in Enugu- Agidi.
However
its sociological important lies in the effort of the masquerade for cattail
anti-social behaviour and evil in the village and neighboring town. Though much
research has not been done over this festival, but its important drew near the
research need to fell the public about this masquerade event. Where men and
boys of the village secret society in costume act out and sing calypso styles
about actual or purported event in the village. Any body glancing at the
painting itself need not to doubt if the village that has masquerade have a
very good cultural heritage or not.
This
work will help to attract every reader of this project to the village at least
to witness the event and the event and festival for once. The work also is to
tell people how entertaining the festival could be because of its dramatic
nature.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
ONE
Introduction:
1.1
Background History of Enugu-Agidi
1.2
Statement of Problem
1.3
Aims and Objective
1.4
The Scope of the Project
1.5
Limitation of the Project
CHAPTER
TWO
2.1 Literature Review
CHAPTER
THREE
Project Execution
CHAPTER
THREE
3.1
Project Execution
3.2
Project Development
CHAPTER
FOUR
4.1 Project Analysis
CHAPTER
FIVE
5.1 Recommendation
and Conclusion
REFERENCES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1.
BACKGROUND HISTORY OF
ENUGWU-AGIDI
The Opoto festival belongs to an Igbo group in Southeastern Nigerian called
Enugwu- Agidi it is at the center of Awka and Onitsha in Anambra state.
The people are known
for farming because of their fertile land. Then also, they are known for timber
trading because of the think rain forest that surrounds them.
Enugu –Agidi has so many festival which are known for its significant but the
main cultural festival celebrated by Enugu Agidi in “Opoto Festival” Opoto
festival is a celebration which is one every third month of the year ie March.
This festival is annual done to bring all the people of Enugwu- Agidi people
from far and wide together to that the gods of land and ancestors for keeping
them throughout the past years and also for the new farming season which they
are about to begin “Opoto” is a festival which after the celebration, anybody
can now start to cultivate yam and if at all anybody live old yam in his farm
it is entitled to anybody who comes across it.
The
celebration starts which the chief priest of “Eke” (Eke Eke) made some
consultation with the gods in which he asks when they want to have festival has
been fixed and it must be “Eke” which is the day of the market in Enugwu-
Agidi, the festival lasts for four days the first day is the to buy all the
things needed for that day.
The next day, is the main day when the festival starts with some local food
which are used in celebrating the festival properly prepared by that second day
is the day in which the Mbubu Udo” masquerade will perform in the market square
when manhood is being tested among various groups, using “Agba” then the “Ufuo”
will be used in playing some melodies for them to dance to the tone the music.
The third day is also the day when young boys who also come to pour libation to
the gods by bringing yams kolanut, palmwine, alegator pepper and some other
things to the chief priest which he blesses and gives them traditional chalk to
draw at the center of the shrine (ITU NZU). The grand finally is the day for
Afo Mmumi) by masquerade both from my farm and from other towns’ such Ukpo,
Abagana Nnewi, Ukwuli etc. around us that is the day that women watch the way
they move around because they are not expected to look at a masquerade
directly. It is the men’s world now.
The music played the last day is known as “Abia” and no woman dances to its
melody. If done, it is known as sacrilege and some sacrilege here to be done
appease the gods on behalf of the festival.
The reason or significant of celebrating Opoto” Festival in Enugwu- Agidi are
so many but the main ories to mark beginning of the farming season in which the
gods of the land are appeased for keeping them to see and also to beg the gods
of the land to give them more beautiful harvest farming season. This is done by
making many sacrifices to the god of the ;land befor this festival commences.
It is the chief priest of Eke od that announce the date of the festival which
he always know by the reading the of the moon and consultation of the god
on when they want the festival to take place.
Opoto is also meant to known the man that are men which means it is when method
are being tested this is done by the boys which are of certain age grade to
show who it is the king among them. They display some masquerade’s (Iga) which
is known for (Ipa agba) this will be done when music from “Ufo” is being
played. There is special step for dancing “Ufo” which is known by every male
child in my town. The name “Ufo” is a wooden gong that is made up wood and its
stand is made up metal. It is also during this festival that boys at the age of
fifteen is initiated into the Mmanawu cult which means that the person is fit
to display any type of masquerade in the markrt square during the festival such
as Izaga, Evava, Obulu Nyi Mbulu Udo, Osiasili etc.
The masquerade has many costune that is made to make up the masquerade for
example cawry, beads, Uvugwu Nza (Nama fail) Elephant tusk and masks. Some
masquerade, however, do not employ masks or headpiece but there peaces is
headen by the costune in which pignut beads or skin. Some masks are carved to
represent the human faces while other slow rotesane features of criminals
features like here in Enugu Ojonu, Okwonma,
Izaga
Ijele, Simeon
Ottenberg (1968) etc.
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