NAN-H-27
Culture
By Maureen Ojinaka-Nwanosike
Enugu, Oct. 22, 2016 (NAN) The Curator of the Unity Museum, Enugu, Mrs Carol Ifejiagwa, has urged stakeholders in culture sector to sensitise the public on the need to identify their cultural norms and values.
Ifejiagwa gave the advice at this year’s new yam festival organised by the museum in Enugu on Saturday.
She said that initiating plans and sensitising the public on the need to identify their cultural heritage and also to promote them were vital.
She noted that the ceremony was to enable the people of the South East to have knowledge and get involved in Igbo cultural norms and values.
She added that the involvement of the secondary school students in the ceremony was to catch them young to imbibe Igbo norms and values as future leaders.
The curator said that it was regrettable that foreign culture had almost overshadowed the original culture of the Igbo who were known for respect to elders, honesty, sincerity and communalism.
“Our culture has been dominated by foreign cultures; you can see that most of the things the youth do these days are copied from the western world through the media.
“Most of our children don’t know about their culture; most of them don’t know how to speak their native languages.
“These are as results of imbibing foreign culture that has no regards, or respect for elders and moral values.’ She said
Earlier, Mr Robinson Eziokwu, the Chairman of the organising committee of the ceremony, called on the stakeholders and parents sensitise the public and their children to always showcase the Igbo culture for the betterment of the society. (NAN)
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(Edited by Mbadiwe Okwor)