Niger Delta is filled with mineral resources especially crude oil. There are numerous Niger Delta Cultural Festivals. The South-South of Nigeria is often referred to as the Niger Delta, and it is a center of cultural activity which includes Niger Delta Cultural festivals and indigenous events of varied imports and significance.
Niger Delta Cultural Festivals that you enjoy
This is the list of Niger Delta Cultural Festivals that you should attend when next you find yourself in the Niger Delta:
- Niger Delta Cultural Festivals for arts and culture
This is an event that comes up yearly arranged to celebrate to display the rich cultural custom of the oil-rich Niger Delta region. The government approves supports it and it often holds in Calabar, Cross-River State. This Niger Delta cultural festival features boat cruise, art and craft exhibition, food fair, fashion shows, gala night, Face of Niger Delta cultural pageant, acrobatic performances, concerts and masquerades outings among others.
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- Awankere Juju festival
This is a Niger Delta Cultural festival that is usually celebrated in the month of July and it is fast rising to become a nationwide festival of some sorts in the Niger Delta. The core of Niger Delta Cultural festivals like this is for the people of the Niger Delta to give sacrifices and appreciate God for an abundant harvest, as well as good returns from the Niger River. The first part of the festival takes in rituals which are closed to the public, but the second part is a big party with people wearing masks. - Okiroro/Okere festival
This local Niger Delta Cultural festival is celebrated by the Okere people of Niger Delta and it comes between July to August to celebrate the gods and the ancestors for good life, health, and plentiful harvest. All through the Okiroro festival, the Okere Juju masquerade emerges to symbolize departed ancestors, and people gather around it with singing and dancing. - Niger Delta Cultural Festivals – Boat regatta festival
This is one of the Niger Delta Cultural Festivals. It is a water festival where sailboats are adorned in top colors to engage in racing and other water activities. Many people operate these ships to the chant of thousands of spectators and it is a festival that attracts people from all part of Nigeria to witness the water events.
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- Culture Fiesta
Cultural Fiesta occurs in numerous parts of the Niger Delta region. The main goal is to educate the people about the need for peace and environmental sustainability. The three local governments of Ogbia, Sagbama, and Southern Ijaw hold wrestling matches to convey their message of peace, and several dance groups entertain the people. - Ukwatta festival
In Delta State, Ukwatta Festival is one of the Niger Delta Cultural Festivals. It comes up every February in Abbi area. It is a yearly festival marking the end of the farming activities and going into another farming year. It features indigenous dances, masquerade, feasting, town meetings and get-togethers between indigenes who came back home from far and wide to rejoin their people. - Niger Delta Cultural Festivals – Adane-Okpe
This festival is a memorial of the four forefathers of the Okpe kingdom: Esezi, Evbreke, Orhoro, and Orhue and their relocation from the ancient Benin Kingdom to their present location. This is a yearly event held in Orerokpe to denote the native existence of the people in their present location.
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- Niger Delta Cultural Festivals – Ine/Ekensu
This is also part of the Niger Delta cultural festivals that holds in Asaba It is a 5-day occasion holding in five villages of Asaba. It is a celebration of conflict and of harmony, and it features combat dances, military-like parades, modernization of old battles, and other associated events that spice up the yearly event. - Ikwerre, Kalabari, Okrika festivals
The Ikwerre, Kalabari, and Okrika communities of Rivers State celebrate anniversaries to honor marine spirits of their region annually. Masquerades dresses in a way imitate fish and water birds. The festival begins with a divination from the priest of the divinity to be celebrated, and after this, comes the ritual sacrifices, songs, and dances celebrating various water deities. - Iwaji festival
This is the last part of the Niger Delta Cultural Festivals. It is being celebrated to remember the period of harvest, especially the abundance of harvest during the New Yam period. This festival comes up is held yam harvest to show appreciation to the gods for a good harvest, after which humans are very free to eat yams.
