Arondizuogu, the home of masquerades
No place like home. This is what I also tell people because I so much lovey home town. You hardly see someone who will boldly tell you that he is from a bad place even when it is clear that his home town is bad or undeveloped.
Welcome back guys. This is week 234 episode 2. The topic says - Your Hometown. From the very moment I saw the topic for this episode I feel in love with it. Why? I am the type of person that is very proud of where I come from. This is something that has to do with my root,my beginning, my father's land. I love it a lot. Maybe is time for me to talk about my beautiful place. Arondizuogu, the land of the spirits. Hahaha 😂. Someone is already getting afraid because of what I said. Just hold on and listen to me.
I hail from Arondizuogu in Imo State. Anyone that is from Igbo land should know my place very well because we are known for spiritual activities a lot. This is one of the places in Igbo land that up holds spiritual powers and don't joke with it.
I remember when I was still a little girl in Jos Plateau State. When ever I tell someone that I am from arondizuogu, people begin to run away from me because it was news all over then that people from my side. My people are well known every, but I am afraid because is not for good thing but for bad. We have someone with the name pericoma. He was very fetish and goes about everywhere making known his powers and that is the reason why my people were known for that. no one could challenge him back then. They have a festival of masquerades once in a year and everyone that has the power will come out and show it to everyone be demonstrating it outside. You will see people commanding trees to fall down and it will obey. People will go to the length of making other people's live miserable because they want to show their powers or because someone disrespected them. Even the young men will go as far as tormenting a lady who refused their advances at her. It was very bad back then because some people after traveling to the village for the masquerade festival may end up losing their lives few days after. All glory to God because most of those things have stopped today and Jesus have taken over. Seen most of the people abandoned that life style gives me a lot of joy.
MY HOME TOWN MY JOY.
Aside all the evil that our fathers were involved in before, today I am so proud to be known from that place. Whenever I see someone from my town it gives me joy because we are some special kind of people. We are just too blessed with every good thing of life. We have streams all over the village, we have different good trees and in that small village you will see alot of bread fruit trees. This is also a seed that is very expensive today, but we have it in abandonce. Just by mere writing about my hometown I am home sick already and wish to see my village again this year Christmas. This is also my honest prayers. I really want to visit home and feel that natural breeze again.