Poetry: Iduolu Festival
Iduolu Festival
Iduolu festival an annual
And most important festival
Of the Onicha-Olona people.
The people of the six villages
Onicha-Olona is made of
Led by their kings in
Their warrior apparels
Alert like lions visit
The Abunor for traditional
Thanksgiving to the gods
For their guidance through
The tear and abundant blessings.
Iduolu with its crowd
And cacophony made
Kids of adults.
Group of dancers
Grunted and shouted
In their bizarre costumes,
So happy they were
They could dance themselves
To death; presenting a life
Filled with love, laughter
And happiness.
The only thing better than
Watching Iduolu festival
Is to be a part of it.
Iduolu put my people in a
State of tonic exhilaration,
With tears of laughter streaming
Down people’s faces; waves of
Merriment creamed up the
Walls of buildings lining
The routes making them
Reverberate with laughter
And along the streets flowed
Inexhaustible flood of love.
Iduolu festival surpassed
Anything I’d ever seen.
No external sign of pomp
And pageantry lacking
And the people with
Pleasure radiated from
Faces as if an unending
Supply of it there is.