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New Year in Nigeria is a grand celebration time with dance, food and colorful pageantries. People use a type of locally made firecrackers to announce the coming of the New Year as the New Year bells ring out at the stroke midnight.
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On New Year's Day, there is a tradition to visit the church and offering prayers to God who helped them enter into the New Year. New Year Traditions in Nigeria are diverse and variegated with communities celebrating New Year in their own customs and manner. Check out some interesting New Year Traditions in Nigeria
Igbo New Year's Tradition - The Igbo people bring in the New Year in March, with children hiding behind locked doors to avoid being carried away by the evil spirit.
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Igbo New Year's Masquerades - Masquerades in Nigeria is performed exclusively by men. A good masquerade includes admirable human or animal features and great dancing too. New Year's Day masquerades are held to entertain people, to chastise evildoers and to bring messages of love, hope and peace on the new days of the New Year. The Ikegi Masquerades performed by the Igbo clans in Nigeria grace many New Year occasions worldwide. Another unique Nigerian masquerade is the Ofirima Masquerade.Ofirima troops are dressed in Fish shaped gowns and headpieces.
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The distinctive style of this dance is a leisurely cadence with broad sweeps of the arms and slow pacing of the feet. There is a norm that one cannot unmask a masked person and the name of the person under the musk should not be disclosed if known. Once under the mask, a person becomes sacnavy, embodying good spirit.
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