stefikal: I like the lion masquerade

Dannylux: I had the opportunity of travelling to village after 2 years, I had good experience this time. I'm from somewhere in Anambra state..

In my village, we do celebrate what we call Abatete day. It's a ceremony of our village and It's annually held on 26th of December.
I've always wanted to share the pictures but it hasn't been possible owing to poor network coverage (Airtel) and the size of the photos.

Thanks to Deejah_Harry1 who helped me on how to reduce the size of the pictures without altering the quality of the pictures.

I've been attending most of it but this year was different because I participated actively. I made sure I got most of what happened in pictures which I'm gonna share with you guys.

The event was so fun and memorable, I love our African traditions/cultures.
I'll be posting pictures of the masquerades in ascending order.
Obele mmuo (smaller masquerades) and Nnukwu/Oke mmuo (Bigger masquerades)

homesteady: I've always wanted to see a masquerade!
Danny do you know How many people are inside that lion's costume?

This is the type of threads that Pagan_Naija will like

Dannylux: I had the opportunity of travelling to village after 2 years, I had good experience this time. I'm from somewhere in Anambra state..

In my village, we do celebrate what we call Abatete day. It's a ceremony of our village and It's annually held on 26th of December.
I've always wanted to share the pictures but it hasn't been possible owing to poor network coverage (Airtel) and the size of the photos.

Thanks to Deejah_Harry1 who helped me on how to reduce the size of the pictures without altering the quality of the pictures.

I've been attending most of it but this year was different because I participated actively. I made sure I got most of what happened in pictures which I'm gonna share with you guys.

The event was so fun and memorable, I love our African traditions/cultures.
I'll be posting pictures of the masquerades in ascending order.
Obele mmuo (smaller masquerades) and Nnukwu/Oke mmuo (Bigger masquerades)

Dannylux: lol Dude, you needa sort yourself out. I don't understand shyte you saying, not like I wanna though.

I'm from Abatete.. whatever surrounds the event is non of my business. I came, I saw, I got involved. Shikena.

homesteady:
I was also lost by what he was saying

Vivly: ^ ^ Na fight?

Odenigbo Aroli: What da fuq is" Abatete day" ? Some kind of colonial inspired festival or what ? Why can't Abatete be original ? You people stole the concept of "Uzo-Iyi" Umuoji and name it "Abatete day" just like you out of the blue start calling your selves "Igwulube Okodu". Meanwhile,you don't even know the story behind the name.

Nkpor reffer to themselves as Obodo dike and I asked them who made them "dike" and they got lost. Umuoji remain the lion of Umu-Okodu that's why we are in the middle because "onye na ebu ogidi isi ya akia aka". We stopped the fight between Abatete and Nkpor and relocated Nkpo to their present location,hence the name "Nkpor"(Ndi akpoghalu akpogha). We chased Abatete back and ask the to come through us if they wanna fight Nkpor.

Odenigbo Aroli:

Cut through the bull and tell him you have the "hots" on him. Yes,you have a crush on the Op!

how is this any of your effing business??

Odenigbo Aroli:

Cut through the bull and tell him you have the "hots" on him. Yes,you have a crush on the Op!

Vessi:
Finally, someone that's thinking what I'm thinking.
Dan, nice pictures.
Seems you enjoyed yourself mighty well.
Happy new year.

Odenigbo Aroli:

Cut through the bull and tell him you have the "hots" on him. Yes,you have a crush on the Op!

Dannylux:

She wasn't the only female who commented. This is an unwelcome speculation.

Vessi:
Take it or leave it

Abu Mikey:



Oga, leave weed alone

AdannayaBella:

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homesteady: Odenigbo I like your name! It reminds me of Prof Odenigbo(Master) in Half of a yellow sun!

Odenigbo Aroli:

Slap yourself for saying that!

I just did

Abu Mikey:




I just did

Odenigbo Aroli:

So,you are from Abatete ? Interesting. If you had passed through Umuoji on 27th you would have seen the amount of nmuo opia osisi that came out at Nkwor Umuoji and cause a traffic jam that lasted up to two hours. Umuoji Igwulube Okodu,nmili manyuli oku!