AMUZU NLOJI SET TO HOLD YEARLY EKPO ( MASQUERADE) FESTIVAL TODAY UBAKALA COMMUNITY

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By U. D. Okechukwu

The Annual Masquerade festival comes up once in a year in  Ubakala community, Umuahia South, Abia state

As we all know that every community has its own culture that it is known for. However, the AMUZU NLOJI people are know for their Ekpo festival.






During the course of the event, there will be creative cultural displays, fanfest, dance and entertainment.These are the highlights of the day.

The MASQUERADE will proceed to Apumiri for its market outing & tomorrow 31 of March 2022 will be the main day of the event which will be staged at Ahia ORIEGBA AMUZU community 

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