Oki festival
Oki Festival
Oki Festival is a ceremonial and social dance festival which is celebrated by the Kalabari people.[1] The Kalabari people in Rivers State, Nigeria, hold the Oki festival and other water festivals to request that the spirit ( the two great spirits which are believed to govern the earth; the hero people and the water people) control the water level, promote peace, increase their fish supply and keep flooding at bay.[2]
Activities
During the festival, several dancers display the sea life of the people by representing a family of fish. The head of the family is the Oki, a sea creature which looks like a large swordfish.[3] The fish family would show their fish-like dance to the Kalabari people during the festival.[4] Other activities during the festival is the traditional inter-wrestling between two communities (Obele and Omagwa) in order to display their cultural heritage and create peace within the two clans.[5]
References
- ↑ Jeffrey, Dean (2012-10-04). American Dance Festival. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Search this book on
- ↑ Howells, Ikobho Ebenezer; Maduabuchukwu, Ikeanyi Eugene (2021-02-05). "Demographic Predictors of Gestational Age at Delivery among Women of Ijaw Tribe in Bayelsa State, in the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria". Asian Journal of Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences: 22–32. doi:10.9734/ajrimps/2021/v10i130155. ISSN 2457-0745.
- ↑ "The Shark-Family (Cartilaginous Fish) Immunogenome", Immunobiology of the Shark, CRC Press, pp. 267–272, 2014-12-04, ISBN 978-0-429-16968-7, retrieved 2023-05-07
- ↑ "Figure S3: Depth distribution of fish families at Clipperton during 2016 surveys". dx.doi.org. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- ↑ Okwelle, A. A.; Asikong, B. E.; Lennox, J. A. (2021-12-06). "Bacteriological Quality Assessment of Well and Stream Water Sources from Ikwerre, Emohua and Etche Local Government Areas of Rivers State". Microbiology Research Journal International: 42–55. doi:10.9734/mrji/2021/v31i830340. ISSN 2456-7043.
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