Cultural Reconstruction of Iwa Ji Festival in Igbo-Ukwu, and Fractured Igbo Identity
Francesca C Ukpokolo
; University of Ibadan, Faculty of Science, Africanus Horton Road, NG-OY–200284 Ibadan
Obiageli C. Okoye
orcid.org/0000-0002-4819-2756
; University of Ibadan, Faculty of Science, Africanus Horton Road, NG-OY–200284 Ibadan
Olatunde B. Lawuyi
; University of Ibadan, Faculty of Science, Africanus Horton Road, NG-OY–200284 Ibadan
APA 6th Edition Ukpokolo, F.C., Okoye, O.C. i Lawuyi, O.B. (2018). Cultural Reconstruction of Iwa Ji Festival in Igbo-Ukwu, and Fractured Igbo Identity. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
MLA 8th Edition Ukpokolo, Francesca C, et al. "Cultural Reconstruction of Iwa Ji Festival in Igbo-Ukwu, and Fractured Igbo Identity." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, br. 1, 2018, str. 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109. Citirano 26.01.2021.
Chicago 17th Edition Ukpokolo, Francesca C, Obiageli C. Okoye i Olatunde B. Lawuyi. "Cultural Reconstruction of Iwa Ji Festival in Igbo-Ukwu, and Fractured Igbo Identity." Synthesis philosophica 33, br. 1 (2018): 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
Harvard Ukpokolo, F.C., Okoye, O.C., i Lawuyi, O.B. (2018). 'Cultural Reconstruction of Iwa Ji Festival in Igbo-Ukwu, and Fractured Igbo Identity', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), str. 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
Vancouver Ukpokolo FC, Okoye OC, Lawuyi OB. Cultural Reconstruction of Iwa Ji Festival in Igbo-Ukwu, and Fractured Igbo Identity. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [pristupljeno 26.01.2021.];33(1):149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
IEEE F.C. Ukpokolo, O.C. Okoye i O.B. Lawuyi, "Cultural Reconstruction of Iwa Ji Festival in Igbo-Ukwu, and Fractured Igbo Identity", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, br. 1, str. 149-164, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
APA 6th Edition Ukpokolo, F.C., Okoye, O.C. i Lawuyi, O.B. (2018). La reconstruction culturelle du festival Iwa Ji à Igbo-Ukwu et l’identité morcelée des Igbos. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
MLA 8th Edition Ukpokolo, Francesca C, et al. "La reconstruction culturelle du festival Iwa Ji à Igbo-Ukwu et l’identité morcelée des Igbos." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, br. 1, 2018, str. 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109. Citirano 26.01.2021.
Chicago 17th Edition Ukpokolo, Francesca C, Obiageli C. Okoye i Olatunde B. Lawuyi. "La reconstruction culturelle du festival Iwa Ji à Igbo-Ukwu et l’identité morcelée des Igbos." Synthesis philosophica 33, br. 1 (2018): 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
Harvard Ukpokolo, F.C., Okoye, O.C., i Lawuyi, O.B. (2018). 'La reconstruction culturelle du festival Iwa Ji à Igbo-Ukwu et l’identité morcelée des Igbos', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), str. 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
Vancouver Ukpokolo FC, Okoye OC, Lawuyi OB. La reconstruction culturelle du festival Iwa Ji à Igbo-Ukwu et l’identité morcelée des Igbos. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [pristupljeno 26.01.2021.];33(1):149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
IEEE F.C. Ukpokolo, O.C. Okoye i O.B. Lawuyi, "La reconstruction culturelle du festival Iwa Ji à Igbo-Ukwu et l’identité morcelée des Igbos", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, br. 1, str. 149-164, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
APA 6th Edition Ukpokolo, F.C., Okoye, O.C. i Lawuyi, O.B. (2018). Kulturelle Rekonstruktion des Festivals Iwa Ji in Igbo-Ukwu und die zerbrochene Identität der Igb. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
MLA 8th Edition Ukpokolo, Francesca C, et al. "Kulturelle Rekonstruktion des Festivals Iwa Ji in Igbo-Ukwu und die zerbrochene Identität der Igb." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, br. 1, 2018, str. 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109. Citirano 26.01.2021.
Chicago 17th Edition Ukpokolo, Francesca C, Obiageli C. Okoye i Olatunde B. Lawuyi. "Kulturelle Rekonstruktion des Festivals Iwa Ji in Igbo-Ukwu und die zerbrochene Identität der Igb." Synthesis philosophica 33, br. 1 (2018): 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
Harvard Ukpokolo, F.C., Okoye, O.C., i Lawuyi, O.B. (2018). 'Kulturelle Rekonstruktion des Festivals Iwa Ji in Igbo-Ukwu und die zerbrochene Identität der Igb', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), str. 149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
Vancouver Ukpokolo FC, Okoye OC, Lawuyi OB. Kulturelle Rekonstruktion des Festivals Iwa Ji in Igbo-Ukwu und die zerbrochene Identität der Igb. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [pristupljeno 26.01.2021.];33(1):149-164. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
IEEE F.C. Ukpokolo, O.C. Okoye i O.B. Lawuyi, "Kulturelle Rekonstruktion des Festivals Iwa Ji in Igbo-Ukwu und die zerbrochene Identität der Igb", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, br. 1, str. 149-164, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33109
Sažetak Indigenous festivals in many African societies are under the threats of extinction as a result of modernisation and the impact of the Christian religion on the life of the people. In southeast Nigeria, Iwa Ji Festival, which is an annual yam festival celebrated to thank the Supreme Being and the gods for the provision of subsistence, has faced the challenge of abandonment in recent decades. Scholars have noted the cultural meanings associated with the festival and its potentials in the sustenance of the people’s cultural identity, as well as the promotion of tourism, and have consequently suggested the need for its reconstruction for general acceptability. This reconstruction has been carried out. This paper examined reconstructed Iwa Ji Festival as a fusion of the indigenous Iwa Ji Festival and modern practices and argued that the reconstructed festival is a reflection of Igbo fractured identity. Using Turner¬-Schechner Model of performance as social dramas for an explanatory model for this study, the authors argued that the advent of modernity and Christian religion created a breach in the people’s cultural experience. The redressed stage is represented in the reconstruction and repackaging of the festival for more acceptability. Re¬integration stage set in as the festival gained more acceptability following its reconstruction, and subsequently, participants experience transformation. An ethnographic approach was employed for data generation. Data were analysed descriptively.