MASQUERADE OF AFIOLU FESTIVAL IN NNEWI USING SOFT SCULPTURE TECHNIQUE

MASQUERADE OF AFIOLU FESTIVAL IN NNEWI

PREFACE

The topic of this project, masquerade of Afiolu festival in Nnewi tries to experiment and presents the Afiolu masquerade of Nnewi Local Government Area of Anambra State.
At end of this work, a well finished Afiolu masquerade was accomplished. This piece and it’s report has important role they play, like, Serve as reference material for artists and Non-Nnewi people that want to know more of Afiolu festival, and the masquerade figure stands as the symbol of this festival everywhere.

Furthermore, for the contemporary generation to read meaning into this phenomena when they come across such for the purpose of understanding, this work is spitted into the Five each deliberating a peculiar subject it started with Chapter One (Back history and so on) to the final chapter which is conclusion/suggestion.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 Background history

1.2 Statement of the problem

1.3 Aims and objectives

1.4 Scope of the project

1.5 Limitation

CHAPTER TWO

2.1 Literature Review

CHAPTER THREE

Execution

3.1 Medium (Description)

3.2 Project development

(materials/tools and application)

3.3 Finishing

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 Project Analysis

CHAPTER FIVE

Conclusion

1.1 Achievement

1.2 Recommendation

References

TABLE OF ILLUSTRATION

Plate one making of amateur

Plate two work in progress

Plate three Semi finished work

Figure four sketches

Figure five Approved sketch

Plate six finished work

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 BACKGROUND HISTORY

“The Igbos appears to be people perpetually celebrating.

Every month, some community somewhere is celebrating. The Igbo year, “aro”, is a round of festivals and ceremonies, which vibrate with life, collier, sounds and meaning” (Okafor 1989: 133).

Festivals are an integral part of Igbo traditional culture and system. It is a period of celebration when series of performance of music, drama, film etc, given regularly, especially once a year.

In Igbo land, every town, kindred, village have festivals they celebrates, like wise in Nnewi, Nnewi is a village that situated at southern part of Anambra State. It’s people have a rather intricate origin, as handed down by the predecessors.

Also considering the fact that most so these information are based on oral traditions, we are presented with so many faces of the story making it difficult to identify the true origin.

Despite of its intricate origin, Nnewi is in existence till

Date. They have their festivals they celebrates Viz: Igu aro,

Igba Ofala, Afiolu, Iriji, Ikwu aro, ETC. Above all mentioned Afiolu Festival happens to be the greatest festival that Nnewi people respect and being practicing to date.

MASQUERADE OF AFIOLU FESTIVAL IN NNEWI