Bikin Imo Awka

Bukin Imo Awka (Imo Oka ko bikin Imoka)  wani tsohon al'adu ne wanda mutane masarautar Awka ke yin bikin a kowace shekara a watan Mayu don su bauta wa alloli. Masallacin Imo-Oka alama ce kuma ana nuna shi da birai mai farin ciki na musamman, wanda ake girmamawa da girmamawa a matsayin manzanni na masallacin. name=":0">

Ana yin bikin ne don godiya ga allahn Imoka, don ni'imar da take yi da kuma neman shekaru masu kyau a gaba. Bikin yana bawa mutanen Awka damar kallon ciki kuma su gode wa allahn Imoka don kare su daga mamayewar waje da yin addu'a don zaman lafiya da wadatar garin. name=":3">

 Tarihi 
Bikin Imo Awka ya fito ne daga bautar allahn mace mafi girma da ake girmamawa a Awka, wanda aka sani da allahn Imoka. Ana iya gano bikin Imo Awka zuwa zamanin d ̄ a a lokacin da maƙwabtansu ke kai wa mutanen Awka hari da barazana. Ɗaya daga cikin masu zaluntar su masu ban tsoro shine Sarki Okoli Ijeoma na Ndikelionwu, wanda ya shirya ya kai hari kan ƙasarsu. Bayan sun san game da shirin mamayewar da Sarki Okoli ya shirya, dattawan ƙasar sun aika da wakilai zuwa Akoto, ƙasar da aka sani tana cike da likitocin ganye masu ƙarfi, don gayyatar ɗaya daga cikinsu wanda zai haɓaka kyakkyawa wanda zai ƙarfafa mayaƙan Awka. Sun dawo tare da sanannen likitan ganye mai suna Okoyeke. Ya shirya kwarjinin don karfafa mayaƙansu amma ya gargadi su cewa dole ne al'umma ta girmama kwarjinin domin ya zama mai tasiri. An bayyana Imoka a matsayin magani mai kariya wanda ke taimaka musu su yi yaƙi da abokan gaba. An sadaukar da birai ga allahn Imoka saboda lokacin da mutanen Nwafia suka kewaye su don kai farmaki ga mutanen Awka, alloli na Imoka sun aika da jakadun sa birai a cikin gandun daji don sanar da su hari. Sun ji haɗari kuma sun kori harin kuma sun ci abokan gaba. Saboda haka ya zama haramtacciyar kashewa ko cin naman birai har zuwa yau tare da mummunar sakamako. name=":3">"Egwu Imoka: Putting Awka on festival map". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

Duk waɗannan abubuwan sun haifar da bautar allahn CHARM Imoka (allahn Avenger na mutanen Awka). Saboda haka, an fara bikin Imo Awka don daidaita bautar.

 Bikin 
Bikin Imo Awka wani abu ne na makonni biyu wanda ya fara tare da mata suna girmama Imoka, suna rawa da rawa na Opu Eke . name=":4"> Ranar farko ta bikin koyaushe a ranar kasuwa ta Avbo (Afor) kuma a yammacin ranar kasuwar Oye kafin bikin, an busa ƙaho, an doke drum din Abia kuma Ikolo Imoka ya yi sauti ga marshal a Egwu Imoka. name=":3">"Egwu Imoka: Putting Awka on festival map". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

Bikin ya ƙunshi manyan abubuwan da suka faru guda huɗu, Ede-M intu, Ogwu Oghugha, Eqwu Opu-Eke da Egwu Imo-Oka . "AWKA STANDS STILL FOR IMO-OKA FESTIVAL". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 2021-08-14. Bikin Imo Awka yana nuna nau'ikan masquerades da yawa waɗanda ke nunawa a masallacin Imoka. A cikin 2019, an lura cewa masquerades da ba a taɓa nunawa ba sun kasance a can wanda ya kara daɗi ga bikin."Egwu Imoka: Putting Awka on festival map". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

Akwai wani bangare mai ban sha'awa na bikin wanda ke nuna bugun sanduna da ake kira Nro-Ntu tsakanin kungiyoyin maza biyu. Suna bulala kansu kawai har sai daya ya ki ya buge su kuma ya mika wuya. Wannan yaƙin yaƙi yawanci yana doke maza amma mata na iya kallo. Abinda ke cikin yaƙin shine gwada ƙarfin mutum da jimirin ciwo.Bikin ya ƙare tare da ziyartar rafin Imo-Oka a ranar ƙarshe wanda ruwan sama mai yawa ya sanar da shi da yamma.Joy (2021-04-17). "All The Traditional Festivals Celebrated In Igboland" . AnaedoOnline. Retrieved 2021-08-14. A cikin 2022, an dakatar da bikin ne saboda jihar da garin Awka ke Cont.

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