The Organisation For the Advancement of Anioma Culture (OFAAC), the organisers of the annual Anioma Cultural Festival, has announce the postponement of this year’s festival.
According to a release signed by Godfrey Osakwe, its head of public relations and strategies blamed the postponement on security and logistic reasons arising from the rescheduled Presidential and Gubernatorial elections.
Anioma Cultural Festival, which has become an integral part of the monumental exhibits of Nigerian cultural heritage, serving as a rally point for Anioma people and the unification of Delta’s diverse population, the statement said “will be held at a later date.”
The festival which is a four–day event that showcases Anioma dance arts, music, traditional wrestling, flutes, exhibition of historical artifacts and crafts, fashion folklores, cuisine and raffle draw was billed to climax on Easter Monday April 6, 2015.
The primary objective of the event is to preserve and promote the aesthetic beauty of Anioma culture, to enrich Delta and Nigeria’s cultural life by promoting cultural diversity, and to foster harmony and friendship among people in the State.
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