Friday 10 March 2017

Adamawa State: Sukur Cultural Landscape/Lamurde Hot Spring


The Sukur cultural landscape, consisting of a palace, villages, and the remains of an iron industry, is one of the outstanding features that qualify the state as the land of beauty. Located in the Madagali LGA, it was declared a World Heritage Site (WHS) by UNESCO in 1999 (the first in Nigeria) and has since become one of the top tourist destinations in the country. Some of the features of the landscape include the unique agricultural and produce preservation methods of the people such as terrace farming, as well as intriguing architectural designs. The Lamurde hot spring is also a part of the landscape.

Festivals

Annually, Adamawa plays host to 32 festivals, including the three-day Zhita in Bazza as well as Dukwa and Yawal in Madagali. There is also Sorro a Fulani day-long observance commemorating the initiation of a group of boys into manhood. It is held in Yola and usually takes place in February.
The Kilba people of Hong are renowned for their Tiwe festival which runs for 120 days. It is a funerary rite which features sacrifices to ancestors, the pouring of libations, incantations, drumming, singing and dancing, as well as street processions. Festivals such as the Njuwa Fishing Festival, which holds at Lake Njuwa in Yola, and the Yinagu Fishing Festival at Michika attract people from within and outside the state from the month of March through to May each year.


Koma hills

The Koma Hills are located on the mountainous fringes bordering the Republic of Cameroon in the Jada LGA. The Koma (the inhabitants of the hills) trace their history back to a pre-modern people who lived in the area. They uphold many of their ancient cultural traditions.

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