Ijakadi festival set to tackle cultural erosion

Date: 2022-12-09

THE organisers of the Ijakadi, the annual cultural festival of Offa people in Kwara State, have said this year's edition was taking into consideration consequences of the rapid erosion of cultural values in the society and planning to give due recognition to the distinguishing cultural traits that have served as the community's identity.

The festival, which kicks off on December 26 will run through January 1, 2023, with a symbolic wrestling match between Olofa and Eesa, his highest ranking chief at the grand finale.

A statement by Moji Makanjuola, Chairperson, Media and Communications Committee, said the festival would feature a lecture entitled “Sustenance of our Cultural Heritage” to be delivered by Dr. Kajogbola Omoloso, an associate professor at Al Hikmah University and former General Manager, Radio Kwara.

Makanjuola explained that the lecture is intended to provide discourse on why everyone who is attached to any culture should be culturally conscious and alerted to his or her identity and its uniqueness.

She said the secretariat of the Ijakadi festival had been moved to Olofa's palace to give proper direction and coordination of the community's arts and artifacts, including safeguarding the culture. “All traditional and honourary chiefs of the community have been saddled with far more responsibilities and would henceforth, look into the planning of the festival,” she said.

Other activities scheduled for the week-long event are traditional beauty pageant, Moremi stage play, cultural display, Ijakadi Economic Fair, courtesy call and homage to Olofa and traditional roadshow by all segments of the community.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

KSIRS     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Aminat Omodara     Habeeb Saidu     Rotimi Oyedepo     Kannike     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Yahaya Dumoye     Read With Me     Ibrahim Abikan     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Mujtabah Bature     Oke-Ogun     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Apaokagi     Ayinde Oki     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Ojo Fadumila     Funmilayo Zubair     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Bayo Onimago     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Okin Biscuits     TESCOM     NFAI     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Esuwoye     Saidu Yaro Musa     Toyin Falola     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Jebba     Ganiyu Taofiq     Sabi     Yunus Oniboki     Bond     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Bankole Omishore     PharmAccess Foundation     Suleiman Idris     Ajayi Okasanmi     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Hamza Usman     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Michael Nzwekwe     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Sa\'adu Salahu     Bareke     Kishira     Saka Adeyemo     Aso-ofi     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Akume     Raymond Olaitan     Joseph Daudu     Abubakar Baba     Dele Belgore     Twitter     Tunji Folami     Kayode Ibrahim     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Azeez Bello     KWAFFA     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     GGDSS Pakata     CCEPE     Gobirawa     Ajikobi     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Ajeigbe     Saliu Mustapha     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Ashiru     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Omotoso Musa     Ilofa     Mohammed Abduraheem     Suwa-Arabs     Oyin-Zubair     IESA     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Offa Grammer School     COVID     Ilorin South Constituency     IFK     Isau     Garment Factory     Emir Of Lafiagi     Seed Technologies     Smart School     Abubakar Baba     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Baruba     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Saka Abimbola Isau     Bayo Ajia     Saidu Isa     Ayinde Oki     Labour Party     Mashood Dauda     Kwara Poly     Abdullahi Samari     Osuwa     Yusuf A. Usman     Dunmade     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Sherif Sagaya     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Olayinka Olaogun     Www.Kwarareports.com     Share-Tsaragi     Ben Duntoye     IYA YUSUF     Bahago     Yakub Lai Gobir     Kehinde Baale     Akume     Olatunde Michaels     Idris Amosa Saidu     Ita-Nmo Market     Adisa Logun     Haleeman Salman     KWTV     Bluenile Associates     Suleiman Abubakar     Tanke     Yahaya Seriki     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Danhawa     Roseline Oni Aremu     Jide Oyinloye     Millennium Development Goals     Barakat Community Secondary School     LEAH Charity Foundation     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     KWSIEC     Amina El-Imam     Shero     Magaji Nda     Ahmad Ali     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi