Poem about Ekpe Traditional Masquerades

Still enjoying the culture of the people of South-South Nigeria. Ekpe masquerades are a delight to watch them displace during the festive period. Short Poems about Ibibio Delicacies

If you have an eye for culture, enjoy this piece.

From the Leopard skin you derived your name

For your masks and masquerades are fashioned

To look like the skin of a Leopard.

Everyday is no day

For seasons are your times of rising

On Christmas days

On traditional coronation

During the demise of a faithful member     

Or on the day of new initiates

Your sacred display are fashioned in steps

That arisen your ancestral valor.

Your initiates are in their festive best

Spotted in the wrapper they tie

Adorned in a white tail-shirt

With a staff and cap to match

Taboos are the wearing of trousers!

Around and around they sang

Dancing and rejoicing in their secrecy 

That has become a way of life

For the riverine dwellers.

Ekpe masquerades…

The sacred prestige of the Efik and Ibibio

Glow in your towering glory

For centuries to come shall ever feel your present.