Yoruba Community Living Among Igbos In Nnewi, Anambra State Celebrate 2023 Carnival

It was all fun on Sunday, December 4th, 2022 as the Yoruba community living in Nnewi, Anambra State, celebrated their first-ever Carnival in the city. It was a moment of pure euphoria as the community said they’ve been waiting for a time like this.

Yoruba Community in Nnewi Celebrate with Color and Joy

The event took place in Piccadilly Hotel, located within the Anaedo Hall Event Centre Premises in Otolo Nnewi. All the members of the Yoruba  community were in uniform, a yellow T-shirt which they chose as the uniform of the day, except for very few persons that were not putting on the uniform. The day took off with them serving Amala and Ewedu to their members outside the event hall, even as they were setting up the sound system and live band, because Yoruba people cannot celebrate without OWAMBE, never !

Amala and Ewedu served at the party

As the number of people increased,  the event took off with a prayer, all said in their local Yoruba language. You can’t help but love how the Yorubas are so proud of their language and culture. The event proceeded and they continued with so many activities they had for the day. They presented awards to some members, made some donations, recognitions and other necessary things.

Finally, it was time to party, the euphoria was too loud to be bottled. Truly, Yorubas and Owambe are a match made in heaven. The energetic female singer that mesmerized the audience with her sensational performance immediately took over the stage with the instrumentalists and backup singer. Immediately she took the mic and did an intro in Yoruba language, the crowd screamed. It was not up to five minutes she started performing and they were already spraying naira notes on her.She was too good with the Afrobeats and Jazz music performance. It was indeed a proper Yoruba party.

So many people quickly found their ways to the dance floor and they did what they know how to do best. As all these was going on, some others were outside consuming Amala and Ewedu copiously, while still vibing to the music from there. One would think it was a Yoruba party happening in Yoruba dominated areas in Lagos like Mushin because honest, nothing was missing.

The music rolled on until dusk and people started leaving gradually. The event was brought to an end when the live performance was brought to an end.

Some of the members of Yoruba community in Nnewi were interviewed and they expressed delight living in Nnewi. They said that Nnewi people are very accommodating and that they’ve been living peacefully with their host.

You can watch the video here:https://youtu.be/zP53_mj2FgA?si=mHEu4uI2-mnkAOds

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