Uzzeh, the Festival of Isheagu that Commands the Rain - Dr. Emeka Esogbue Although the Isheagu community in Aniocha South Local Government Area is best remembered for the civil war massacre, similar to the Asaba Massacre, there is a unique festival peculiar to the people. The Uzzeh Festival is strange, cultural, and spiritual. As Patrick Ochei of Anioma Trust once described it. It is a festival of the lion-hearted and only the strong-hearted can muster the courage to watch it, let alone participate in it. The festival appears to have the highest number of cutlasses ever seen in any single festival as cutlasses of different shapes are excessively displayed by the actors of the festival to the fear of strangers. This makes the Uzzeh Festival of the Isheagu people not for the lily-livered to watch. Another strange feature of the festival is that no matter the brightness of the weather or the burning sun, once it is the commencement time of the festival, the rain immediately takes ove...
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