The Kwaghir Tiv dance festivals. (Must watch)

Kwaghir cultural festival dance.

Puppet festival is very peculiar to the Tiv people of Benue State. It is most popular during the dry season,October-April and in December. The Kwargh-Hir puppet festival is a dramatized folklore of the Tiv people with intense use of masquerades, puppets and marionettes. It is useful as a means of handing down information, opinions beliefs and customs through the oral / narrative and has offered visual metaphors for understanding and resolving social conflicts.

Its themes are woven around economic and social conflicts / problems of the people, traditional and historical issues in Tiv land and contemporary work in general. The stories seek to enlighten and cleanse the society. A typical Kwagh – hir performance comprises of a group of drummers, singers, dancers, and acrobats as well as various works of art.