Abuja residents celebrate Igbo festival in grand style

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Abuja residents celebrate Igbo festival in grand style   It was a classic display of visual arts, music, dance attire, food, language and many more as the Ndi Igbo of southeastern Nigeria celebrated the Abuja Igbo Festival 2025.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/07/15/abuja-residents-celebrate-igbo-festival-in-grand-style  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00It was a classic display of visual arts, music, dance, clothing, food, language and so much more

00:09as the Indie Ibo from southeastern Nigeria celebrated the Abuja Ibo Festival 2025.

00:21People turned out in mass to join the ultimate expression of the Ibo culture in its most beautiful expression.

00:30Nigerians celebrate its unique tradition that showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Indie Ibo of Nigeria.

00:37The Ibo to say, it reminds them of their heritage as true Nigerians.

00:43You know, we always like to celebrate. We like umeme. Anywhere there is celebration, we like it. It's part of who we are.

00:50Ibo has a very beautiful culture, their tradition, their dancing, their food.

00:55When you come to food, you have a lot of food to exploit.

00:58When you come to dancing, you have a lot of dance, masquerade.

01:02So many cultures that if you really want to experience an Ibo culture, you need to be open minded

01:08because there is a lot of Ibo culture to enjoy.

01:10Festival organisers say it's an opportunity to give the Ibo living in Abuja a reminder of home and all its cultural riches.

01:25It came about because of the fact that we Ibo youths saw the fact to bring it.

01:31Because we found out that most of our brothers have not been travelling to the east.

01:34They have not been to the village for about six, seven, five years.

01:37And then we have situations where some kids cannot speak their mother tongue.

01:40And it's quite embarrassing.

01:41And you hear them bear English and Ibo names and then they can't speak their language.

01:44So we thought of what to do since there is so much to fear going down to the east.

01:48And then it was okay, let's bring these things that is in the east, these seasons of Christmas, festive period over here in Abuja.

01:54Variety is the spice of life, you know.

01:56So it's so important that within Nigeria that we're able to showcase our own different cultures as well.

02:01So that we know that we're not different, but within our cultures we're all similar.

02:05The Ibo and their rich cultural heritage constitute one of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria.

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