Ohafia War Dance

A Ohafia Zɔɔre Seɛre // ^ⓘ (Igbo: ikpirikpi ogu) e la zɔɔre seɛre yuori naŋ yi ba naŋ maŋ seɛ Eastern Nigeria lomboe yaga eŋɛ.^[1] A seɛre bulii naŋ yi a Ohafia, laŋgbuli dɔba ennɛne naŋ kpɛtaa la maŋ seɛ o na leɛteɛre ba zɔɔre faŋa ane zɔɔre ba naŋ zɔɔ tõɔ noba dasaŋa eŋɛ.^[2]

Yiibu zie

Aseŋ yelkããyelbe naŋ yeli, Ohafia sããkommine da e la zɔɔre gandaare zaa gandaba naŋ da maŋ boɔrɔ zɔɔre na zɔɔ.^[3] A Ohafia zɔɔzɔɔ sããkonnoŋ naŋ e buli naŋ wullo a Ohafia noba yiiluŋ/bal yizie yagele la a ikpirikpi ogu -(dɔndɔmɔ naŋ le zu ŋmaabo) seɛbo eŋɛ. Nensaala zukoɔre ŋmmbo la wullo dɔɔ kookeree ane kpeɛŋo. Bana na naŋ da maŋ wane nensaala zu die na ba poɔ la a Ogbu-Isi laŋkpeɛroŋ a wɔgele eagle's plume naŋ e kookeree bommannaa.^[4]

Seɛbo

A Ohafia Zɔɔre Seɛre meŋ naŋ maŋ seɛ na di nemboŋyeni yelerre maŋ taa la seɛseɛ wederɛ naŋ taa peɛ paale nensaala zukɔɛ (Igbo: oyaya) kyɛ taa sɔŋmaa ane abɛ vapɔrɔ o noɔre poɔ, kyɛ ka o seɛseɛ taa su bomma ŋa zɔɔzɔɔreba suuri naŋ iri a tɔgelɔ lɛ ba naŋ maŋ ŋmaa nensaala zu kyɛ seɛrɛ a yiele yire a akwatankwa yiele boŋŋmɛ bomma a wullo/bigire Ohafia ka o e la zɔɔre gandaba teŋɛ.^[5]^[6]

Sommo Yizie

[1] ttp://www.sunnewsonline.com/new/ofo-ndigbo-nri-ancient-kingdom-stands-still-ukiwe/

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150907040058/http://blog.wennergren.org/2012/11/interview-leonard-ndubueze-mbah-and-emergent-masculinities/

[3] ttp://www.logbaby.com/encyclopedia/history-of-ohafia-pe_13208.html#.VbVvwuvTXBA

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150907040058/http://blog.wennergren.org/2012/11/interview-leonard-ndubueze-mbah-and-emergent-masculinities/

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150905170739/http://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/passages/4761530.0006.006/--dancing-the-past-experiencing-historical-knowledge-in-ohafia?rgn=main;view=fulltext

[6] ttp://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.4761530.0006.006

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