Culture is beautiful and another synonym for beauty is the obolo tribe of the south south ibom state Nigeria. This is my home town, this is my root and this is where i grew up from. Every of my childhood memories in obolo South makes me want to rewind back the clock to the good old days.
Although the world has really changed and evolve so rapidly but the ethics, culture and traditions of obΓΆlΓ² tribe remains and always practiced.
Obolo town is a small residence of cultural and traditional ethics and rulers on like the civilized world we live in today where the government happens to be the ruler but in obolo south, we are ruled by chiefs and priests whom we call "obong effa" which means "king/ruler of the land." The king rules over the obolo tribe putting the people in unity and under one trust(governance).
So what makes obolo such a unique entity? We have the annual fishing festival held at the calabar-ibom water boundaries in which the luckiest group of fisher men who catches the biggest sea animal(fish or Whale perhaps NB: it must be big) this group of fishermen get rewarded by the king.
The august masquerade. This was my most favorite part of the obolo people when i was still very young i was always afraid of masquerades because they look so ugly and scare the lives out of kids but just for fun and we enjoyed those moments as they were like Halloween to us π.
Apart from the fishing festival we have other festivals like the new yam festival(mbrΓ© udiΓ‘), new year festival(mbrΓ© Γ©yΓ²) and our popular carnival called "utin Γ©yΓ²" in this carnival even little kids as little as 3 years old are given room to make performances.
Every single experience i have had under this tribe is what makes me who i am today. Educative, smart, courageous and brave. There was a time around the year 1920 my grand mother told me how and obΓΆlΓ² hunter killed a leopard in the forest with his bare hands and brought it out to the palace to show the king and he was crowned the second king by the present king.
It was history for the first time to have two active kings in obΓΆlΓ² and that happened 1920 over a hundred years ago.
The southern obΓΆlΓ² is a very unique set of indigenous people and this brings about the peace and unity in obΓΆlΓ². There is alot to know about this tribe but sincerely words and letters could only express them but never make you experience it so why not move down to the south and enjoy the obΓΆlΓ² tribe.
Lastly every single tribe is beautiful and unique in their own ways but obΓΆlΓ² is my home town and i will choose to belong here again in my next life.
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