Question 24
BECE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1
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2021
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EDO_L1
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objective
The Edo people celebrate the **Igue Festival** each year. Three symbolic elements of the festival are: (i) the **royal masquerade**, (ii) the **sacred drum**, and (iii) the **offering of yam**. Explain the cultural significance of each element, and then compare the Igue Festival's emphasis on communal renewal with a similar practice in another Nigerian culture, stating one key similarity and one key difference.
Answer Options
A.
Royal masquerade is performed by women to honor fertility; sacred drum is used to announce market days; yam offering is a symbolic exchange of gifts. Both Igue and Hausa Durbar festivals feature music - similarity. Difference: Igue includes a drum, whereas Durbar relies on horse parades.
B.
Royal masquerade represents the community's wealth; sacred drum signals the start of war; yam offering is a tribute to the gods of rain. Both Igue and Yoruba Eyo festivals involve masquerades - similarity. Difference: Igue focuses on agricultural rites while Eyo centers on maritime protection.
Correct Answer
C.
Royal masquerade links to the Oba and ancestors; sacred drum unites and calls the divine; yam offering thanks for harvest. Both Igue and Igbo New Yam festivals celebrate renewal with yam - similarity. Difference: Igue emphasizes royal authority and ancestral rites; Igbo New Yam emphasizes agricultural gratitude without a royal masquerade.
D.
Royal masquerade depicts mythic animals; sacred drum is a decorative object; yam offering is a modern commercial practice. Both Igue and Tiv Tiv festivals celebrate harvest - similarity. Difference: Igue is held in the capital city, while Tiv festivals occur in villages.
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
Royal masquerade links to the Oba and ancestors; sacred drum unites and calls the divine; yam offering thanks for harvest. Both Igue and Igbo New Yam festivals celebrate renewal with yam - similarity. Difference: Igue emphasizes royal authority and ancestral rites; Igbo New Yam emphasizes agricultural gratitude without a royal masquerade.
About This Question
This is
Bece Model Questions Vol1
2021
Edo L1
Question 24.
It is one of the
objective
questions from the
2021
Bece Model Questions Vol1
Edo L1
examination.
Difficulty level:
Medium
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