Dance

Abigbo Mbaise dance

Nigeria

Abigbo bụ egwu eji mara ndị ụmụaju Mpam Ekwerazụ Ahịazụ Mbaise, n'Imo steeti. O bidoro n'aka ndi okei mbụ ruo ugbu a. A na eji ya eme mmemme di iche iche na mbaise na Imo steeti.

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Abigbo bụ egwu eji mara ndị ụmụaju Mpam Ekwerazụ Ahịazụ Mbaise, n'Imo steeti.

01 · What it is
Dance

Live movement, rhythm, costume, or staged dramatic performance passed between generations.

02 · Where & name
Nigeria

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03 · How it is doing
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Abigbo bụ egwu eji mara ndị ụmụaju Mpam Ekwerazụ Ahịazụ Mbaise, n'Imo steeti.

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Abigbo bụ egwu eji mara ndị ụmụaju Mpam Ekwerazụ Ahịazụ Mbaise, n'Imo steeti. O bidoro n'aka ndi okei mbụ ruo ugbu a. A na eji ya eme mmemme di iche iche na mbaise na Imo steeti. A buru kwele egwu a ga mmemme n' obodo ndi ozo di na Amerika, Africa na ebe ndị Igbo bi. A na eji ya emekwe Easter n' oge igba ọnya ego. Ọ bụ egwu nwoke ma ndị nwanyị na-agba. Akwa egwu a na-eji bụ nke a na-akpọ omere ekpe, ya bụ nke na adụ sote ya ni na enye ndị na-agba egwú ahụ ntụziaka. A na-eji nke a na-akpọ "ekelebe" na Ogele. Ogele ahụ na-eme egwu ndi nke nọ n’okpuru na-adapụta. E nwekwere ọkwa, nke na-eme egwu owulaghi ana akụ, yila a maachị, yị la adaba n’ ihe. E nwere nke a na-akpọ ọsha ma ọwụ ụyara. Nke ehi na-eme ahụ mmadụ na-eshaki. E nwere nke a na-akpọ ataña. A na-arụpụta ngwa égwu ndị a n’ ala igbo. O nwere ndị ejiri osisi rụọ, nwee ndi eji igwe rụọ, nwee ndi ejiri akpụkpa anụ kwee.

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “EGWU Abigbo Mbaise”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.

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