IGBO MOST BEATIFUL IKORODO MASQUERADE FROM UGBENE-AJIMA | ENUGU STATE | NIGERIA скачать в хорошем качестве

IGBO MOST BEATIFUL IKORODO MASQUERADE FROM UGBENE-AJIMA | ENUGU STATE | NIGERIA

In this video you are going to watch the cultural display / dance from the igbo most beautiful ikorodo masquerade from ugbene-ajima in uzo-uwani local government of Enugu state, Nigeria . Mmanwu is a traditional masquerade of the Igbo people of Southeastern Nigeria. They are performed only by males in exclusive secret societies and involve the use of elaborate, colorful costumes that are meant to invoke ancestral spirits. Masquerade traditions have a varied range of purposes that span from performing elements of epic drama derived from community cosmology and lore, ushering in new months and seasons, honoring totems and ancestral spirits, enactments of parables or myths, with entertainment and community building serving as a consistent commonality. In the past masquerades also bore judicial, social regulatory, and even policing powers, however though these functions have decreased in modern times. #igbo #masquerade #culture #donfredtv