The Okere-Urhobo Festival Of Unity held at Otor - Orere, Warri South Local Govt Area, Warri between Jan 4-10 , 2017.

Some Masquerades in display

Some Chiefs of Okere-Urhobo and guests at the occasion.

Wisdom Ekuruemu of the Ekuruemu family of Okere-Urhobo dressed for the occasion.

The picture credit goes to him.
Oniovo we kobiruo.

More pictures

Edjo r'Ode

See Shark

Cross-section of women, singers, dancers in the festival.
Note the wooden sticks they're holding... It's used in producing a clapping rhythmic sound spicing up the drumming.
Our culture is beautiful and much be preserved.

The men participating in singing and dancing. Wisdom Ekuruemu, you're sighted. Wadoo!

Some spectators and participants

This one na Police officer o

Frequent viewers of Nat Geo wild will be familiar with the creature represented here.

Greetings to the water creatures and spirits.
Irokun! Obo ri n'Ame rhe.

Iye!!!

Another Masquerade

Chief Emmanuel Okumagba, the present Patriarch of the powerful Okumagba family of Warri at the Okere-Urhobo festival of Unity.
Ose miguo obone o.

E hwor'Edjo fe.

fratermathy Abeg show... Mention the others



Cc: lalasticlala

Most parents will never show the next generation things like this nor speak their language. Some fall in the "my father said am urhobo" cathegory. But can gbeseru on top english everything. Kudos to the sure parents that think it's not all about english.

Opharhe, wve kobiruo. Do!

This is my culture, culture is everything! We should be called by our rightful names. Awanr'ihwo r'Urhobo!

I wish I was there to document this. The problem is that government and the ministries of Arts and Culture won't pay attention to this because it is a minority festival.

Urhobo is great! Urhobo Wadooooooo! Isoko Wadooooooo! Okere Wadooooooo!


Ona no même, Oshare r'Agbon! Ihwo r'Agbon wadooooooo!

Download a recent song that features our language with this link :
https://www.360nobs.com/?dl_id=18406
The song is by Blaq Prince and Sound Sultan. It's dope for all Urhobo people.

fratermathy:
Opharhe, wve kobiruo. Do!

This is my culture, culture is everything! We should be called by our rightful names. Awanr'ihwo r'Urhobo!

I wish I there to document this. The problem is that government and the ministries of Arts and Culture won't pay attention to this because it is a minority festival.

Urhobo is great! Urhobo Wadooooooo! Okere Wadooooooo!


Lalasticlala, Mynd44, Fynestboi, bigfrancis21, Oam4j, Obinoscopy, Seun, Efewestern, Onuwaje

Eh! Oghene bruphiyo kewe v'emo r'Urhobo r'INairaland ejobi.

The govt., ministry of arts and culture must not pay special attention to it. There are many festivals in Urhoboland- From Iyerhi of Ughelli to Ekene of Agbarha-Otor(every 15 years) to Idju Owhurhie of Agbarha-Ame(Warri) to Edjenu of Okpara (every 30yrs or so), Ogba-Urhie of Ughievwen... The list is endless.

Let us do our thing and sell it to the world in the best way possible.

At least, I know Goge Africa has covered the Odju - Owhurhie festival of the Agbarha-Ame (Agbassa) people twice. You know what it means to get a cultural celebration covered by Goge Africa. Something or someone drew their attention.

I have also seen Mofe Damijo of Aladja In his capacity as commissioner for culture and tourism, I'm one of those occasions.

We are a majority as far as Delta state is concerned... Victim card should not be our thing at all.

Thanks fratermathy for inviting the rest. Let us celebrate our culture.

Emo r'Urhobo wadoo.

Celebrating Culture

Why all their masquerades be like disneyland characters?

Na so. Simple Bleep is needed

@poster why are you misleading people? These are itsekiri masquerades for crying or loud and it's ukerede-itsekiri not urhobo

ifihearam:
@poster why are you misleading people? These are itsekiri masquerades for crying or loud and it's ukerede-itsekiri not urhobo

Don't bring bigotry into this thread. I beg you. There's no where Itsekiri was mentioned here. If you think these are itsekiri masquerades, create your own thread and state it there.

Don't bring your "genetic engineering" here. Since when did Okumagba become an Itsekiri person? Or you can't see him there? You think Okumagba will attend an Itsekiri event?

Mtchewww

I'm proudly from urhobo, all my kins "wado"

Opharhe:
Eh! Oghene bruphiyo kewe v'emo r'Urhobo r'INairaland ejobi.

The govt., ministry of arts and culture must not pay special attention to it. There are many festivals in Urhoboland- From Iyerhi of Ughelli to Ekene of Agbarha-Otor(every 15 years) to Idju Owhurhie of Agbarha-Ame(Warri) to Edjenu of Okpara (every 30yrs or so), Ogba-Urhie of Ughievwen... The list is endless.

Let us do our thing and sell it to the world in the best way possible.

At least, I know Goge Africa has covered the Odju - Owhurhie festival of the Agbarha-Ame (Agbassa) people twice. You know what it means to get a cultural celebration covered by Goge Africa. Something or someone drew their attention.

I have also seen Mofe Damijo of Aladja In his capacity as commissioner for culture and tourism, I'm one of those occasions.

We are a majority as far as Delta state is concerned... Victim card should not be our thing at all.

Thanks fratermathy for inviting the rest. Let us celebrate our culture.

Emo r'Urhobo wadoo.

Ise! This is alien to me though. I would have traveled down to learn if I knew something like this was going to take place. Could you please create a thread to talk more about the second emboldened?

Frathermathy, never knew you were Urhobo

MAVRODIAL FESTIVAL

So you came to Nairaland to show off your family fa?! I clicked to see masqueredes not Wisdom or the 'Patriach of one powerful family' In short I don't give a fvuk.

AREAAAA!!!!!!!

I misss

uchelouis45:
So you came to Nairaland to show off your family fa?! I clicked to see masqueredes not Wisdom or the 'Patriach of one powerful family' In short I don't give a fvuk.

That family's patriarch is the king of Okere-Urhobo in Warri. He's like the leader of the entire clan and he deserves it as well. His fathers fought for the liberation of the Urhobos in Warri from ethnic suppression.