Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,195,326 members, 7,957,869 topics. Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2024 at 10:40 PM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Culture / Ohafia War Dance Of The Ohafia People (3109 Views)
The Supernatural Fire Dance Of The Itsekiris / The Ema Dance Of The Urhobo People (photos) / Origin Of Ohafia War Dance (download MP3 Audio) (2) (3) (4)
Ohafia War Dance Of The Ohafia People by NwaOhafia: 7:53pm On Jul 13, 2020 |
The Ohafia War Dance is a popular war dance performed in several parts of Eastern Nigeria. The dance which has its roots from Ohafia is performed by a group of muscular men in commemoration of their strength in fighting and winning wars in the past
|
Re: Ohafia War Dance Of The Ohafia People by gregyboy(m): 11:38pm On Jul 13, 2020 |
Do they dance with the spirit like that of the urhobo if no then i would pasd |
Re: Ohafia War Dance Of The Ohafia People by ATTemi: 12:18pm On Jul 14, 2020 |
Funny enough, Ohafia war dance originated from Abam. Ohafia copied them and with time, people forgot the origin of the famous Ohafia war dance! |
Re: Ohafia War Dance Of The Ohafia People by Xenowerk4000(m): 3:15pm On Jul 15, 2020 |
ATTemi:Really I've heard so much about Abam people (Eg Abam headhunters) . How many villages make up Abam ? |
Re: Ohafia War Dance Of The Ohafia People by ATTemi: 5:37pm On Jul 15, 2020 |
Not really sure but about 15 or more. Ozu Abam, Idimma Abam, Atani Abam, ndi oji, ndi okorie, amaeke, afia uzor, ndi ememe....this are the ones I can remember well. Xenowerk4000: |
Re: Ohafia War Dance Of The Ohafia People by NwaOhafia: 9:13pm On Jul 16, 2020 |
ATTemi:Its not true At one point, some of them headed towards Abam leading the group heading to Abam, was a man known as Ezeama Atita, and his two sons called Uduma Ezeama and Onyereobi Ezeama. Abam and ohafia were brothers and have similar culture |
Re: Ohafia War Dance Of The Ohafia People by NwaOhafia: 9:21pm On Jul 16, 2020 |
Xenowerk4000: Abam is made up of 26 villages. Ndiebe Abam, Ozu Abam, Idima Abam, Amaeke Abam, Ndi Oji Abam, Amelu Abam, Amuru Abam, Amaogbu Abam, Atan Abam, Ndi Okereke Abam, Ndi Ojugwo Abam, Ndi Inya Abam, Ndi Mmeme Abam, Ndi Agwu Abam etc 1 Like |
Re: Ohafia War Dance Of The Ohafia People by ATTemi: 1:46am On Jul 17, 2020 |
Ask elders who know the history very well, you'll learn. I never doubted Abam and Ohafia being siblings, na war dance I dey talk about. NwaOhafia: |
(1) (Reply)
Senegal , Ivorian And Liberian Girls Are Beautiful / Why Do Yorubas And Igbos Like To Argue/'fight' Like Siblings? / Why You Need To Investigate Spiritually The Cause Of Your Problems.
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 21 |