Some Odoje women gather, preparing for their roles in the Ikwa-ozu ritualsOzo-titled men assembleA young Agusiobo Elder views the sceneAzigbo Town Youth Dancers arrive for performanceAgusiobo’s chief and other titled elders assembleThe Youth Group begins its performanceYoung athletes up closeThe Head Mourner consults with some eldersAn intense gathering at the Death HouseSmall children idle at the periphery; Umero Ozi’s Ancestral House in the backgroundI manage to capture a young woman’s delightful hair style for posterity.Odoje Daughters guard the Igbudu (symbolic “coffin”)
