GENERAL

Obudi-Agwa

Obudi-Agwa in the region of Imo State is a place located in Nigeria – some 246 mi or ( 396 km ) South of Abuja , the country’s capital . Local time in Obudi-Agwa is now 08:58 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named ” Africa/Lagos ” with a UTC offset of 1 hours.

His Royal Highness Eze I.O Asor, Udi 1 is the current king of Obudi Agwa in Oguta Local Government Area Imo State. By the grace of God, I was the immediate past chairman of (TROPCON) Traditional Rulers of Oil Producing Communities of Nigeria and currently, I am the Chairman of Oguta Local Government Area council of Traditional Rulers.

 

GENERAL

Mgbala Agwa

Mgbala Agwa is a town located in the South East of Nigeria and has a population of over 100,000. It is under the jurisdiction of His Royal Highness Eze Blaize Uba in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. Subsistence agriculture is the main source of subsistence within the community. The town lacks social amenities including, paved roads, electricity, and hospitals etc.

CULTURE

OKOROSHI-OWU FESTIVAL

Okoroshi-Owu Festival is one of the most celebrated cultural festivals of Obudi, and Agwa general. It is a mask masquerade festival by the people of Obudi (more…)

CULTURE

Okoroshi Ojoo and Okoroshi Oma

The ugly (Okoroshi Ojoo) and beautiful (Okoroshi Oma) masquerades. Amongst the ugly masquerades, we have the Ofepru ( these are athletic masquerades. (more…)

CULTURE

Okoroshi-Oma

Okoroshi-Oma (Beautiful masquerades) the beautiful masquerades are great to behold. They only entertain by dancing in a created crowd of people and while walking. Isimkpirikpe, a type of beautiful masquerade, covers its face with a white mask adorned with colors, wears white shortened-trousers, singlet, blanket, sows in most cases but not black or red with a wooden light club (Igba). Wagiriga is another type of beautiful masquerade which is not entirely different from Ishimkpirikpe other than dancing steps and dressing. While the former dresses in white throughout, the latter does not dress in white; rather, it dresses with the colors that match its mask but not with red or black, and fixes feathers on the head of the mask.

CULTURE

OKOROSHI-OWU PERFORMANCE

Okoroshi-Owu Festival Starts in July and ends in the first week of August. Before the performance starts proper, the custodians of the cultures will put every necessary (more…)