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| cultural dance at Ahiajoku Festival 2019 |
Ahiajoku, in Igbo cosmology, as you may wish to recall, was part of the pantheon of Igbo gods and goddesses. She was the goddess of cultivation, fertility and harvest. Like the Pantheon in Rome was transformed into a Christian monument.
Today, the Ahiajoku, while losing its pagan core, has been recreated to retain its social essence as a unifying factor among the Igbo. Certainly, the Festival is no longer about cultivation and harvest. It has indeed, metamorphosed into a pan-Igbo intellectual harvest of sorts. It seeks to spotlight the contributions the Igbo have made and are still making to culture, civilization and humanity. The Festival is the celebration that accords formal recognition to a culture which as Igbo people, we were almost in danger of losing. It further creates a context for serious reflection on the profound cultural values of the Igbo people.
The Ahiajoku Festival is intended to provide a veritable platform for defining the core tenets of Igbo culture in relation to the larger corpus of Nigerian culture, Africa and world civilization. It also seeks to provoke and encourage scholars to undertake relevant researches on Igbo Culture in relation to the Igbo world view and overall human development.
At Ahiajoku, the Igbo people seek to examine their life, their fortunes and their culture. The Lecture Series, you would all agree with me, was and still is, the apex Igbo intellectual convention of our time. The light kindled during the discourses radiated far beyond the shores of Nigeria. Since the event was founded four decades ago, it has provided a veritable platform for intellectual and cultural “Ita Nti” or caucus, among the Igbos.
PHOTO GALLERY IN THE FESTIVAL:
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| Obi Onitsha sitting with dancer infront of him |
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| Dancer |
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| Obi of Obinugwu HRM.Dr.C.I Ilomuanya... |
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| Dancer |
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| Dance |
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| Imo State Governor and President Ohaneze di Igbo General |
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Obi of Onitsha
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AKU RUO ULO
In the words of our ancestors, “Aku ruo ulo, ya akaa onye kpatara ya.” Meaning that; “It is when the wealth made in foreign land reaches home that it tells the story of the person that made it.” We are very mindful of the national and global exploits of our intelligentsia. What remains is for the fruits of these intellectual exploits to reach home. We are challenged to provide answers for the challenges of our time.
Parish Pascal
Editor Binnabook
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