


Aba Drum: Sacred barrel that heralds new age groups in Edo kingdom
IGARRA—IT was like a carnival recently as thousands of indigenes of Igarra Kingdom in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, both at home and in the Diaspora, converged on their ancestral land to celebrate the stanzas of the 228-year-old Aba drum, one of the unique events that mark the Irepo festival.