The culture and traditions of the city of Lagos are expressed and displayed throughout this vibrant event. Locals from Lagos as well as tourists from other parts of Nigeria and beyond look forward to it and attend. The Adamu Orisha Play, often called the Eyo Festival. A beautiful variety of regalia and costumes, as well…
Swazi people hold an annual rite known as Umhlanga, or Reed Dance. Tens of thousands of Swazi women and girls from different chiefdoms in Eswatini flock to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to take part in the eight-day festival. This is the most well-known cultural occasion in Eswatini (Swaziland), and it feels more welcoming than the…
A special itinerary that travels “north to south” through three nations will allow you to witness the continual transformation of climatic habitats, social surroundings, and the Carnival of Bissau, the nation’s largest festival. The Carnival is a true “fiesta popular” mixing jovial African spirit with Portuguese and Brazilian influences because of its amazing fusion of…
The Lozi term “Kuomboka,” from which it derives its name, literally means “to get out of water” and “leave the barotse flood plains.” The Queen’s regal barge is decked with a pelican bird, while the King’s barge is painted black and white like Zambia’s coat of arms and pulls a massive elephant facsimile. Royal paddlers…
The Sawa (coastal peoples) of Douala, Cameroon, celebrate the Ngondo, a celebration centered on water, every year. The jengu ceremony is the festival’s centerpiece. At the ceremony, which takes place on a beach in Wouri Bay, a devotee swims out to the miengu’s underwater kingdom (plural for jengu). The miengu, who are said to resemble…
Malawi, a little nation in Southeast Africa, has a thriving populace and a rising interest in music and the arts. An annual three-day international festival called Lake of Stars is held on the banks of Lake Malawi, the third-largest lake in Africa. Over 4,000 people attended the inaugural event in 2004, which featured musical performances…
The Igbo people celebrate their New Yam Festival every year in early August, towards the conclusion of the rainy season (Orureshi in the Idoma region, Iwa ji, Iri ji, or Ike ji, depending on dialect). The Iri ji festival, which literally means “eating new yams,” is celebrated throughout West Africa (particularly in Nigeria and…
Fest’Horn is a regional music festival from the horn of Africa that was established with the goal of drawing attention to this area of Africa, which is frequently marred by war, starvation, and other natural disasters. This yearly gathering of artists from throughout Africa and the rest of the world takes place in Djibouti’s capital…
Like we all know, the African culture is deeply rooted in nature, and so much in believes in the MORNING. It’s believed that ”life” begins in the Morning, and the timekeeper of the Morning is the cock. The cock crows to sign on the DAWN, the earliest part of the Morning, and it is the…
Africa, and it’s belief in spiritual beings. The belief in spirit beings in the whole of traditional African life is dominant. The traditional African concepts of reality and destiny are deeply rooted in the spirit world and the belief in spiritual beings. The activities and the actions of the spirit beings rule all social and…