10 Colourful Cultural Festivals In Nigeria
By: Ernest Emeka on 24 March 2014/ Click here to visit article
Summary of Article:
This article focuses on Nigeria's rich cultural heritage and how they celebrate it through festivals. It provides ten famous and important cultural festivals with descriptions for each one and why they celebrate it. Some of the festivals are the Eyo festival which is one of the most unique and famous. It is a carnival that transforms Lagos island into all white and people come to watch people preform traditional cultural dances. This article contains even more amazing celebrations like this.
My thoughts:
As I was reading this article I seemed to understand how the Nigerian culture celebrates it. They are obviously all very happy to flaunt their culture and share it to the world because they have such a wide variety of festivals that do just that. I think it helps keep the culture alive to celebrate it and have these festivals because it reminds everybody how awesome their culture is. I think this is a great article for if you are looking to learn about how the Nigerian culture is celebrated.
Relation to Nigeria's culture:
This whole article is about how people in Nigeria come together to celebrate their culture. This relates to their culture because it is what keeps it alive and reminds people why the celebrate it in the first place. It helps renew their traditions and make sure that people don't forget where they came from. Celebrations are very important for any culture and I think this article really shows that.