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Culture - Obi Of Onitsha Ofala Festival 2016 (photos) by NelsonUgep: 2:11pm On Oct 09, 2016
Source: http://www.talksleak.com.ng/2016/10/obi-onitsha-ofala-festival-2016-culture-photos/

The Ofala Festival, is an annual ceremony practiced by the indigenes of Onitsha, and of recent years by other neighboring Igbo communities which comprises of Nnewi in Anambra State, SouthEastern Nigeria and Ukpo in Dunukofia Local Government Area.

It serves as a rites of renewal of the king or Obi and it is similar to the Igue festival in Benin and the Ine , Osi or Ogbanigbe Festival in many mid-West Igbo communities of Nigeria.

The term ofala, is derived from two Igbo words – ofo which literally means authority and ala: land. The festival is celebrated within two days mostly in October by the Obi (English: king).

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Re: Culture - Obi Of Onitsha Ofala Festival 2016 (photos) by TPAND(f): 3:43pm On Oct 09, 2016
Just on one man's head, is he carrying the sins of the whole onitsha

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