18th April a total of 300 cultural groups in Delta to perform at Anioma’s festival~details below
18th April a total of 300 cultural groups in Delta to perform at Anioma’s festival~details below
Delta state will be observing a tremendous Beauty and cultural event after a long waited of pros pandemic as scheduled.
According to a statement by the National President of OFAAC, Architect Kester Ifeadi, who said over 300 cultural groups from the nine local government areas of Delta North will be observing Anioma culture at the event expected to be witnessed by the Delta state Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, coupled with Anioma personalities from all over the world and cultural stakeholders in Nigeria.
The well recognized Organization For the Advancement of Anioma Culture (OFAAC) is re-staging a comeback with its annual flagship cultural festival, two years after the presuppose occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.
It was established in 2003, under the cultural umbrella of the Anioma people, OFAAC. The festival was envisioned to promote and preserve the rich culture of the Anioma people, in Delta North senatorial district.
Ifeadi in a statement said ” the festival serves as a rallying point for the unification of Delta’s diverse population in Anioma and celebration of Nigeria’s rich culture and tourism industry'”
Tagged “Festival of unity”, he stated that it would unveil pan Anioma Dance Troupe and star amazing traditional dancers, music, fashion, traditional wrestling and an exhibition of historical artefacts and crafts indigenous to Anioma land.
He further noted that the “OFAAC” was a philanthropic non-political organization dedicated to boosting the values and identity of Anioma people, offering empowerment through microcredit, and sponsorship of small scale businesses for over a decade as well as a Health insurance scheme in Delta North communities basically.
The Anioma Cultural Festival which had over the years attracted hundreds of performing groups and a multitude of spectators had become a central feature of the socio-cultural life of Anioma inhabitants and her diasporic communities.
However, this year’s festival is symbolic of holding on the threshold of 2023 general elections and the fiesta, characteristic of its essence is expected to serve as a unifying cultural platform for Anioma aborigines to promote peace, unity and orderliness as an. enduring values of society.
This captivating moment is not limited to the indigenous people of Anioma particularly but for everyone who understand the vital meaning of culture.
