The Eyo festival, also known as the Adimu Orisa play is a festival common among Yoruba people, specifically the indigines of Lagos. Eyo festival is a traditional masquerade display that serves as a ...

'Eyo' refers to the dancers who take part in the festival, they are also known as masquerades. The festival started at 5 am as different Eyo groups started their procession around Lagos island. The ...

After a heated debate, the Lagos State’s Eyo Masquerade Festival has been referred at the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held in ...

Eyo, a popular masquerade in Lagos, is one of those rare festivals that come with heightened eccentric displays. It is usually organised to honour the dead who is either an Oba, a community leader or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lagos on Saturday hosted the Eyo Festival for the first time in eight years, as thousands of residents and tourists gathered to ...

As Lagos State will be celebrating 60, the state will be having the Eyo festival as a part of the celebration. The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu II has warned Lagosians not to put on shoes and women ...

Eyo, who is believed to be a representative of the ancestral spirits, is a masquerade that comes out only on the Island of Lagos. Eyo festival was initially held, as part of the final burial rites, to ...

Lagos on Saturday came alive as thousands of residents and tourists gathered for the return of the Eyo Festival, one of Nigeria’s most iconic cultural events, held for the first time in eight years.

The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu II has warned Lagosians not to put on shoes and women not to wear head ties on Saturday as the state hosts Eyo Festival. The monarch spoke at a press conference at ...

The Lagos State Government has announced temporary road closures and traffic diversions ahead of Saturday’s Eyo Festival. The festival, scheduled to take place at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on ...