TRADITION AND CULTURE COLLIDE AS NKWERRE ABORIGINES CELEBRATE NEW YAM FESTIVAL IN EDMONTON CANADA

On a hot afternoon in August 2024, in a serene and world-class park in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, culture collided with tradition as the descendants of Nkwerre, a small community in Igboland of Nigeria, in this capital city honored a timeless tradition of New Yam Festival which is celebrated anywhere you find the Igbo people of South East Nigeria.

The colors were bold and bright, the music was loud and the smiles were broad on the peoples' faces and a new and light spring was in their steps as they assembled in the serenity of Rundle Park in Edmonton's northeast to dance, drink and make merry, in celebration of a successful harvest season with roasted yam, palm wine and palm oil.

There was an unmistakable air of expectation, even from the strangers to this tradition who had gathered at the park for their own individual relaxation but had magnetically been drawn to the colorful celebration going on in the park. The abundance of food, both traditional and modern made it very much a magical moment to behold as everyone made merry.

When the dancing started with the DJ playing contemporatry Afrobeats music to the delight of all, people started gyrating to the tunes. Then came the women dance group, a circular form of dance where the ladies formed a circle to dance and twirk their waists like no man's business. 

You wouldn't finish a new yam festival without the presence of the spirits in the form of the Nmwanwu masquerade. When the elders and titled men led the Nmanwu into the arena, everyone paid attention as the spirit cannot be contollled by humans and could do anything it wanted, including scaring some faint-hearted people away.

It was a fun day,well spent. See pictures below

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Cowboy Up! On The Red Deer River

Cowboy Up! Larry & Mekkuzz

It was a beautiful Alberta day and three Naija boys were on the road en route to Sundre, a small town west of highway 2 between the cities of Calgary and Red Deer. The drive was enlivened by the picturesque countryside interspersed with farms and the ubiquitous cattle that makes "Alberta Beef" famous.

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Grassi Lake; Such A Beauty

It was my first hiking of the season, unlike last year when I started at Mount Norquay, this year I started at Grassi Lake. The trail, even though a short, leisurely one had options to take the "easy" trail or the "more difficult" trail. Due to the people with me, we chose the easy one and what a beauty!

Nature unspoiled, fresh smell of grass, the combined sounds of the forest, birds chirping, insects buzzing, waterfalls splashing in the near distance; all gave a sense of freedom you can only find when standing in the daunting presence of nature.

Emeka, At The Top of Grassi Lake, Canmore

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Meet Ms. Caitlyn Jenner (Formerly Mr. Bruce Jenner)

The cat is out of the bag. Bruce William Jenner, American Olympic hero Decathlon (men's) Gold Medalist in the 1976 Olympics held in Montreal, Canada is now officially a woman. Bruce Jenner was a household name in the USA and around the world because of his family's reality TV show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

Bruce (or rather Caitlyn) has been rumoured for a long time to be making a change to his gender and finally confirmed this in an interview with ABC News Diane Sawyer earlier this year.

Ms Caitlyn Jenner as she appears in Vanity Fair Magazine

                                       

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Nigerian Woman Facing Jail In London For False Rape Accusation

Comfort Yinusa who works for the London Underground (metro rail) is facing jail for falsely accusing an accountant of rape to spite him for picking her up late after a night out in the busy and popular Liverpool Street in Central London. She will be sentenced at the Old Bailey (a la Ibori) on Friday in London by Judge Peter Rook QC.

                                                 Comfort Yinusa
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Atheists Are Suing To Remove Miracle Cross From 9/11 Memorial

Foxnews reports that atheists want a 17 foot cross beam recovered from the site of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 removed from the museum exhibition. Their claim is that it represents a religious symbol and by including it in the museum exhibitions, it contravenes separation of church and state enshrined in the US constitution. There reason is because the museum will be funded by taxpayers.

The atheists want in the alternative to include a plaque reading "atheists died here too"