THE MASQUERADE RITES AT UMUDIMAUH VILLAGE

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They are coming! Bisola screamed as she and her colleague ran for safety. It was the annual Igwe festival where traditional masquerade comes out to appease the gods of the land, and they should not be seen by any living thing.

Bisola and her colleague who were posted to the village for humanitarian duties where caught in this mess, luckily for them they meet a hunter on the way home and he helped them in seeking safety in his hut in the forest. There they stayed still the rites where over which lasted still the early hours of the next day, human sacrifices are usually used to perform this rite and it’s done according to who the oracle chooses.