The magical Mkpokiti Dance of our people has bagged the United Nations Gold Medal of Culture and Exhibitions.the best Igbo traditional dance steps

Mkpokiti dance was founded in 1959 by late Chief Festus Okoli Nwankwo of Ugwunano village of Umunze in Orumba local government of Anambra state. Chief Festus created the dance and patented it with Registration No: FGN/TI/614314.

In 1970, all the states of the Nigerian federation were summoned in Lagos to celebrate the end of the civil war. Among the programmes lined up for the celebrations was the cultural dance competition from all the states. A cash prize of 3,000 British Pounds and a gold gong were prizes for the first place in cultural dances. The competition started from villages to the divisions and to the states. From village level to the national stage, Mkpokiti secured first position and won the coveted gold gong and cash prize in Lagos.

This stimulated other dance groups in the country with the result that in 1971, many dance groups registered for the competition. The final competition for the year took place in Ibadan and Mkpokiti maintained the lead.

In 1972 – 1973 in Kaduna, the case was the same. Since inception, the Mkpokiti dance group has never obtained a second position in any competition. Formerly, Anambra state government chose Mkpokiti as its state dance but after the continuous clinching of first position in national competitions, the federal government adopted Mkpokiti as a national dance. Mkpokiti represented the federal government in FESTAC ’77 at Lagos. In New York, Washington, Jamaica, Barbados, Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Port of Spain, and England, Mkpokiti dance has been exhibited as the greatest cultural dance in Africa.



The Satinsheen Company under the management of Miss Franca Afebua took Mkpokiti dance to a global competition in Wembley, England. All the groups competed in Oxford University, England. As expected, Mkpokiti dance secured the1st prize there and carried the World Cup back to Nigeria.

The federal government has taken Mkpokiti dance group to ALL THE PARTS OF THE WORLD except Australia. The achievements made in these travels including winning the World Cup multiple times even in New York, Algeria and North Korea a few years ago rightly crowned the legendary Mkpokiti dance of Igbo people the greatest cultural dance in the world.



Written by Dunu Okigbo
http://obindigbo.com.ng/2015/11/mkpokiti-one-of-the-best-igbo-traditional-dance-steps-becomes-greatest-cultural-dance-in-the-world/




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Hmmn

So there are actually stories behind the pictures on the naira notes

Na e dem no fit transfer dem to back of 1k note..5naira dat will soon go into extinction.

OP, thanks for the info

Igbo Kwenu

Igbo Amaka

Lalasticlala mynd44 an educative and historical thread here

Any YouTube link to watch the award winning mkpokiti dance pls?

It's nice they drew something real and educative at the back of N5 unlike others they had to improvise, example is that Zuma rock they finished ushering in the new bill, took a look through the window and drew the first thing they saw

Very informative

Igbo Amaka!

Anambra to the world
onye abughi anambra ....
Anambra ana agu ya

Anambra Amaka!!!

We want Yoruba nation. Nigeria has failed. Five naira is now basically worthless saw some kids who have never seen five naira notes before, bubu don destroy this nation.

Igbo always blazing and leading the trail.

Wow, quite educative!!