WRESTING MATCH @EgwuOgba1Africa EP2
LOCAL WRESTING MATCH CHELLANGEThe Egwu Ogba (Ogba festival) is an annual event of the people of the Egi clan in the Ogba Kingdom of present-day Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State.
The festival is used by the Egi to celebrate their rich cultural heritage from time immemorial, dating from the 15th Century. According to the reigning Egi monarch, King Anele Uzondu Nwokoma, Eze Egi III (Eze Ogba-Ukwu) of Ogbaland, “the Egwu Ogba signifies the harvesting of first fruits and tendering/submitting these first fruits to God in thanksgiving. That is, celebrating Egi Feast of Passover.”
The festival is celebrated in August every year during which all sons and daughters of Egi, at home and in the diaspora, return home to mark the epoch-making event with fanfare. The festival provides a unique opportunity for reunion, reconciliation and reintegration of kith and kin separated by time and space.
