Hawthorne, California
ANOC day featuring Iwa Ji (Iri Ji) Festival in S. CA
September 10, 2016
The Association of Nze, Ozo and Chief in the United States, (ANOC )-USA, compromising of membership from all the seven Igbo Speaking States of Nigeria held it’s ANOC day featuring
Iwa Ji (Iri Ji) Festival on September 10, 2016 at the Hawthorne Memorial hall, Hawthorne California.
Iwa Ji (New Yam Festival) is the Igbo Traditional Thanksgiving Festival, when we give thanks to God for a bountiful Harvest from Farm Products. Join us to celebrate God’s blessing by witnessing how the Igbos celebrate the New Yam Festival.
Highlights of the occasion include a dramatization of the Iwa ji ceremony , the outing of Enyi ANOC . It was a showcase of the pomp & pageantry of fine Igbo culture
See pictures below
