CULTURE AND TRADITION.

IN THIS AREA OF OUR PUBLICATION, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT MBAISE CULTURES AND TRADITION .

IN MBAISE, WE HAVE A GREAT CULTURE AND TRADITIONAL AND WE SHARE THE SAME FOUR MARKET DAYS SYSTEM WITH OTHER IGBO VILLAGES(ORIE,AFOR,NKWO,EKE) THOSE ARE THE FOUR MARKET DAYS IN IGBO LANDAND SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDES OUR UNIC CULTURAL DANCES AND PRESTIGIUS (IRI JI MBAISE) WHICH MEANS MBAISE NEW YAM FESTIVAL, WE ALSO HAVE (IWA OJI MBAISE) WHICH MEANS COLA BREAKING FESTIVAL AND OTHER IMPORTANT FESTIVALS AND CEREMONIES .

IN MBAISE OUR STYLE OF CELEBRATING XMASS IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN IN THE WHOLE WORLD , I MEAN IF YOU ARE OPPORTUNED TO BE IN MBAISE DURING XMASS PERIOD YOU WILL REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT AM TALKING ABOUT....I MEAN THERE IS SO MUCH FUN THAT YOU WILL BE SO OCCUPIED WITH ACTIVITIES TILL YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHEN ITS NEW YEAR.

SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES TO ENJOY IN MBAISE DURING XMASS IS OUR TRADITIONAL DANCES LIKE MASQURADE, VISITING YOUR LOVE ONES AND NEWLY INTRODUCED FOOTBALL COMPETITIONS IN VARIUS VILLAGES, IN MBAISE AS FROM 24 DECEMBER OF EVERY YEAR OUR XMASS STARTS TILL 3 JANUARY AND DURING THIS PERIOD EVERY VILLAGE IN MBAISE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST ANY OF THEIR EXTENDED FAMILYS ,INLAWS, FRIENDS AND WELL WISHERS ON THEIR OWN ASSIED MARKET DAY, IF IN YOUR VILLAGE YOUR MARKET DAY FALLS INTO NKWO MARKET DAY AS LONG AS IS FROM 25 DECEMBER THAT MEANS ITS YOUR OWN CHISTMAS CELEBRATION DAY AND YOU WILL HAVE TO HOST ALL YOUR VISITORS THAT DAY AND AFTER ALL THE MERRIMENT LATTER IN THE EVENING EVERY BODY WILL BE HEADING TO THE MARKET SQURE FOR THE MASQURADE DANCE AND ALSO TO BE PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DAY VISITATION TO ANOTHER VILLAGE TILL JANUARY 3.