10 Popular Igbo Masquerades You Should Know || African Culture - Nigerian Igbo Masquerades

future [Music] videos [Music] foreign [Music] when a masquerade is seen in public they have to be treated with respect because they believe that the embodies both the spirits and the human world the mystery surrounding the Masquerade is one of the key components of the Igbo culture has survived Western influence it is generally believed in evoland that the masculinity is a spirit which spring from the soil the masquerades are classified into categories based on specialization masquerade possesses particular attributes like warrior-like poets mystical powers youthfulness and old age and specializes in one or more skills like dancing music acrobatic and other ritual manifestations Mass fruits may involve one person team or a team made of instrumentalists vocalists dancers and the Masquerade itself today on OU top 10 I will be sharing with you 10 popular Igbo masquerades you should know [Music] number 10 more masquerade I want more masquerade amazing spirit mask that represent the spirit of dead eagle meetings the Masquerade symbolizes the ideals of female Beauty among the evil people especially within most communities in anambra state the abomo Masquerade are great dancers although worn by men It is believed that they are spirits of dead evil girls that manifested in the dancer to come back to parade in their communities thank you thank you [Music] number nine Google masquerade masquerade is one of the most popular Eagle masquers named after the deity the mask is usually do not attend festivals it only comes out once in a while especially during the very run of a great man or an initiate in the community or the celebration of the immunity they will masculate a great dancers and are usually seen by the grave side of an initiate lamented 4 or after a person has been made to rest number eight do like a masquerade you like a muskrit is an entertaining masculate and one of the most popular masculine of evil people although not too often see the oligar Masquerade comes out occasionally and usually in group of two or more during funerals of a titled man to pay their last respect or during any event organized in honor or acknowledgment of someone important in the community they were like a mass Spirit a great dancers and evil spoken word [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh number seven the gamma Street the gamasgrid also referred to as a girl is one of the most beautiful Igbo masquerade the gamma squids can appear in any occasion they are mostly used in controlling crowd they got musculates usually caricane which they use in scaring people away they are one of the most loved and cherished masquerades because of their agility and ability to run and dance one of the most fun thing about the Damascus is racing people with the hope of fogging them when it catches them [Music] [Music] number six foreign because of their names but they are not they all represent one thing the spirit of an evil Warrior and they all were the famous badike masks these masqueries are usually accompanied with strong men who holds them in Chains to prevent them from engaging in conflict [Music] [Music] number five the egbe masquerade the egg by masquerade is one of the most prominent Eagle masquerade these masquerades acts as a law enforcement agent who enforces the law of the land especially the law of the English society the equipment masquerade is more prominent among the southern Eagle people especially those within the arrow area what's up number four ajafia masquerade which literally means evil Forest is a celebrity evil masquerade and one of the most prominent Eagle masquerades the actual effect is a highly revered masculine It is believed to have originated from the town of neui in anambra state there are lots of mysteries surrounding this iconic masquerade one of the most tracking thing about Rajiv masquerade is the smoke coming out of its head and the presence of dead and living animals on its body the edge of your masquerade is accompanied by tens and hundreds of Entourage whatever it appears [Music] [Music] number three is one of the most popular evil masquerade in the olden days is a night musculate used as Village vigilante or surveillance in most evil communities only appears during the Moonlight last night known as iguana to keep surveillance and entertain the villagers with songs jokes and dances although over the years the ashokomascript have lost its popularity but the memory is deflected in the heart of many cannot be forgotten [Music] number two the izaga masquerade the isagan Masquerade is an entertainment the masculate is the tallest Igbo masculate with the ability to make it safe grow taller or shorter unlike many other Igbo masquerades the Instagram masculate does not appear during various ceremonies [Music] it only comes out during traditional ceremonies or festivals for the soul aim of an attending this Earth at us [Music] number one great and famous Italian masquerade I'm sure this is not the first time some of you are hearing about this iconic masculate the jelly is the king of all masquerades in Ebola is a special and most popular Igbo masquerade and the largest mass system ever to enter the history of the world masculine tradition he Journey has its origin from the northern part of Igbo land you present the enugu State and anambra State known as the biggest masquerade in sub-Saharan Africa The ijere Mask will derived its name from the jelly the soldier ant the Masquerade was listed in UNESCO archive as an intangible cultural element in need of audience safeguarding ah thank you for watching if you enjoyed this video kindly give it a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe see you in my next episode

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Published: Thu May 11 2023