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.

Modibbo Kawu     Lithium Deposit     Omotoso     Habeeb Saidu     Modibo Kawu     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Ayedun     Ahmed Bayero     Shagari     Tunde Oyawoye     Sobi     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Salake     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Oloriegbe     Village Alive Development Association     Bolakale Saka     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Congress For National Consensus     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Afonja     Owu Fall     Balogun Fulani     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Oluwole Dupe     Olawuyi     Sulyman Tejidini     Kayode Yusuf     Sidikat Alaya     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Issa Baba     Olomu     KWIRS     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     College Of Education     Bluenile Associates     Arinola Lawal     COVID     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Jamiu Oyawoye     Bello Oyedepo     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Ahmed \'Lateef     Rueben Parejo     Lanre Badmus     Isiaka Danmeromu     Emir Of Shonga     Olayinka Are     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Abubakar B.M     Zainab Abass     Lucky Omoluwa     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Ishaq Oloyede     Aminu Ado Bayero     Abdulmajeed Wahab     UNILORIN Alumni     Dankaka     A.O. Belgore     Mazars Consulting     Kale Kawu     KWASAA     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Abraham Ojo     Ajia-Bako     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Saadu Alanamu     Saad Omo\'ya     Afetu Of Alabe     Ethical College     Javed Khan     Olatunde Olukoya    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulraufu Mustapha     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Unicontinental Construction Company     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Isiaka Danmeromu     Kwara State Pension Board     Folaranmi Aro     Omotoso Musa     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     AbdulGafar Tosho     Shonga     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Yusuf Aiyedun     2023 Elections     Ilorin International Airport     Aliyu Alhassan     Trader Moni     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Yusuf Arowosaye     Apaola     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Olabode Towoju     Orisa Bridge     Micheal Imoudu     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Ilorin Emirate     Kanu Agabi     Alfa Yahaya Road     Aisha Gobir     Salman Jawondo     Bolaji Gambari     Farouk Salim     Peculiar Allowance     Gurei     Folorunsho Alao     EndSARS     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Oke-Oyi     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Post Utme     Kwara State Fire Service     Olusegun Adeniyi     Saka Adeyemo     Garba Dogo     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Yoruba     Maja     IDPU     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     IFK     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Tafida Of Kaiama     Amosa     Twitter     Raimi Iyanda     Ahmed     Amina El-Imam     Binta Abubakar Mora     CELF     NFAI     Guber Aspirant     Matthew Okedare     Tuesday Assayomo     Ile Arugbo     Mamman Saba Jibril     Sambo Murtala     Raheem Adaramaja