Question 24
BECE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1
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2019
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EDO_L1
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objective
Explain the cultural significance of the Igue festival celebrated by the Edo people. Then compare its role in promoting social cohesion with that of the Ovia festival.
Answer Options
A.
The Igue festival is a minor local ceremony with no royal involvement, and the Ovia festival is a national holiday celebrated across Nigeria with televised parades. This description incorrectly downplays Igue's royal significance and exaggerates Ovia's nationwide status.
Correct Answer
B.
The Igue festival is a royal celebration that marks the end of the year, honors the Oba, and reinforces loyalty to the monarchy through processions, dances, and communal feasting, thereby uniting families and villages. The Ovia festival is a purification and thanksgiving rite to the deity Ovia, featuring masquerades and communal prayers. While both festivals promote social cohesion, Igue does so by emphasizing political allegiance and communal celebration, whereas Ovia focuses on spiritual renewal and collective gratitude, each creating shared experiences that bind the community.
C.
Both the Igue and Ovia festivals serve the same purpose: they are primarily economic fairs that bring traders together, and their main function is to boost local commerce rather than any spiritual or political cohesion. This statement overlooks the distinct religious and royal elements of each festival.
D.
The Igue festival is a harvest celebration that honors ancestors and focuses on agricultural rites, while the Ovia festival is a royal ceremony that marks the end of the year, honors the Oba, and reinforces loyalty to the monarchy through processions, dances, and communal feasting. This reversal of roles misrepresents their cultural significance and the way they promote social cohesion.
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
The Igue festival is a royal celebration that marks the end of the year, honors the Oba, and reinforces loyalty to the monarchy through processions, dances, and communal feasting, thereby uniting families and villages. The Ovia festival is a purification and thanksgiving rite to the deity Ovia, featuring masquerades and communal prayers. While both festivals promote social cohesion, Igue does so by emphasizing political allegiance and communal celebration, whereas Ovia focuses on spiritual renewal and collective gratitude, each creating shared experiences that bind the community.
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This is
Bece Model Questions Vol1
2019
Edo L1
Question 24.
It is one of the
objective
questions from the
2019
Bece Model Questions Vol1
Edo L1
examination.
Difficulty level:
Medium
.