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The Festival of Fire

Uploaded by letmein on Oct 25, 2012




     When I tumbled and fell from the dancing stick that was 8ft high, I thought I will never walk again. It was December 2001, and I was still very skeptical of the invitation to perform with the Oriri dance group. When I finished some other project that has kept me busy, and there was nothing much for me to be doing; I decided to honor the invitation sent to me by the Oriri dance group.
     I went into training swiftly, because I have already wasted three weeks of no training. The festival of  fire is a great festival and it is not meant for amature, it is of high cultural value in the eye of the the people of Udo. Due to the fact that I have a very short time to prepare myself, I have to givee 100% of my time and attention to the training. Learning new steps and stunt in Obodo dance is not an easy thing, I have to be in an excellent physical condition and also in a stable state of mind. Obodo dance require a lot of acrobatic movement and dancing steps on a on a stick tied to your feet. It takes up to 8 weeks to perfect on some steps but now, I only have 2 weeks left. I usually train for 3hrs for 5 days in a  week, because of the limited time I have, I decided to increase my training time to 8hrs every day, believing I was going to make it.
      December period in Nigeria is a festive season for most of the ethnic groups and the climatic condition is usually the period of harmattan haze. It is a dry and dusty West African trade wind that blow heavy amount of dust and sand in the air which can severely limit visibility and even block the sun light for several days. There is another wind that also blow at this period called Monsoon wind, it is a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea. The interaction of the Harmattan with Monsoon winds can cause tornadoes and this was the time the festival was going to held and that put my performance in a precarious state.
       I arrived Udo at 07:10 am, and the Oriri dance group was already there. I was...

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Uploaded by:   letmein

Date:   10/25/2012

Category:   College

Length:   3 pages (737 words)

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