The people of Ozuitem are preparing for their first carnival scheduled for the 28th of December 2013. As one member said this will be the first of its kind in this part of Nigeria. The carnival is actually planned to be a part of an annual event in Ozuitem.
Ozuitem people's facebook page has over a thousand members and more than half of the membership has agreed to the carnival being held in December, despite the fact that December is full of festivities and a busy time for most people who mainly travel home to visit friends and families they have missed after a long time.
Some suggested that instead of this being called a carnival it should just be seen as a festival as most carnivals are held around February according to the Catholic tradition where carnival originated while festivals can be held any time of the year.
The Ozuitem carnival is likely to be big event and might pull more visitors to the town if well planned and followed through, the town has nice terrain although some of the villages are bit far apart from the rest but yet activities of this nature will well be carried out by the Ozuitem people. It will give the people something to look forward to as some of the old culture are going extinct due to civilisation.
Ozuitem people's facebook page has over a thousand members and more than half of the membership has agreed to the carnival being held in December, despite the fact that December is full of festivities and a busy time for most people who mainly travel home to visit friends and families they have missed after a long time.
Some suggested that instead of this being called a carnival it should just be seen as a festival as most carnivals are held around February according to the Catholic tradition where carnival originated while festivals can be held any time of the year.
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However, Ozuitem has a good tradition when it comes to this sort of activities example is the (Ikenji) New yam festival which is held in September of every year. The Ikenji festival is very popular both in and outside of Ozuitem as visitors from all the neighbouring towns and villages gather to feast their eyes. This can also be called a carnival because all the different villages in Ozuitem come out en mass everyone adorning the tradition george textile Ozuitem is well known with. It usually becomes a sort of competition between the various villages, young and elderly all troop along dancing and singing different songs with all kinds of musical instruments, spectators standing along the roads watching them in amazement.The Ozuitem carnival is likely to be big event and might pull more visitors to the town if well planned and followed through, the town has nice terrain although some of the villages are bit far apart from the rest but yet activities of this nature will well be carried out by the Ozuitem people. It will give the people something to look forward to as some of the old culture are going extinct due to civilisation.
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