A Cultural extravaganza.

All work and no play makes Jack a full boy.

The above sentence is usually used by those who feel like they've been working too hard for too long and they needed to unwind. I expressed the same statement two days ago when my school decided to host its students for a cultural day event.

It is a generally accepted definition that culture is the total way of life of a group of people in a particular geographical location. This shows us that culture is not the same anywhere In the world. There might be some similarities but no two cultures are exactly the same.

As a Nigerian, I can fully attest to the diverse rich cultures which exist amongst my people. We rightly say that we are one and dwell in unity as a sovereign state but if you were to tour round each geopolitical zone, you would find beautiful and diverse cultures that are worthy of note.

It is with this information that I share the happenings at my school's cultural day event which was held on the 7th of February, 2025, with you all today. The students were told to dress up in their cultural attire so as to showcase their different cultural heritage. This they did without an iota of disappointment.

Next, they were told to come with their cultural food. Not only would the food be displayed but each tribe would have to explain how the food was prepared in their own language. This was also interesting as each student presenting did so comfortably. No pressure of grammatical errors 😁.

The foods were much and touched the top three major ethnic groups being Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. I saw local dishes like Amala (yam flour pudding), Foo-foo, Ekuru ( white bean pudding) and African salad. The food display was looking really good that I forgot to take pictures of it before eating. It was only from the recorded video that I could take screenshots of some of the foods that were brought. Feast your eyes…

After that, we had the cultural dance and I observed that only the three major tribes came out to perform their dance. I would have loved to see the dance styles of other tribes but the dances were still amazing. I so much enjoyed watching the dancers display plus their attires were also very colourful.

Here are more pictures to feast on.....

Me and a student

And some more pictures....

To crown it all up, time was given for the little ones to come and recite numbers from number one to twenty in their local dialect. I was impressed with what these students did as I myself cannot boast of being able to count numbers in my native tongue.

In all, the day's event was wonderful and both the students and the staff had a great time. Plus I'm sure that they learnt tangible things even outside of a classroom.

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Thank you all for reading... Shalom

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Images used are mine.