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Year 6A                                                                                                                                               My Nigeria Day




     Category - Ibibio                                                                                                                            My Nigeria day experience was quite spectacular!


                                                                                                                                                      I greatly enjoyed watching different classes
                                             jaiya, by Akwa Ibom C
                                                                                      ommunity, Abuja.
     Music - Akwa Ibom A
     Music - Akwa Ibom Ajaiya, by Akwa Ibom Community, Abuja.
                                                                                                                                                  showcase the many diverse tribes in Nigeria. They
                                                                                                                                                 were expressed in the most creative ways and most
                                                                                                                                                         of all there was lots of cultural festivity.
                                                                                                                                                  Of course, though there was a friendly competition
                                                                                                                                                  between year groups and in year 6 my class won.
                                                                                                                                                         It was quite an exciting moment indeed.
                                                                                                                                                 The next best part of this celebration was getting to
                                                                                                                                                 know more about the cultural heritage of the vast
                                                                                                                                                       places in Nigeria like Ile-Ife etc. Lastly,
                                                                                                                                              I enjoyed knowing and eating the different cultural

                                                                                                                                             foods from the amazing cultures in Nigeria. To sum it
                                                                                                                                             up I would just like to say that Nigeria is a nation that
                                                                                                                                              is great to far extents with great cultural celebrations
                                                                                                                                                      that will take us proud Nigerians a lifetime to                       Madeleine Ewa
                                                                                                                                                                              forget.                                           Year 6S



                                                                                                                                 The Regent School celebrates Nigeria





                                                                                                                                         On 27th September the Regent School celebrated Nigeria day. On
                                                                                                                                         Nigeria day children are assigned with different tribes. The children
                                                                                                                                         brought delicious food from different tribes such as
                                                                                                                                         . Tuwo

                                                                                                                                         . suya
                                                                                                                                         . Garri and soup e.t.c
                                                                                                                                         They also presented their cultures with flying colours, personally my
                                                                                                                                         favourite acts were Year 6R and S. The children also presented to
                                                                                                                                         their parents. The parents got to taste the delicious yummy food.
                                                                                                                                         What made this fun event special for me is that we got to see a
                                                                                                                                         diversity of tribes and cultures, from Igboland to the FCT, it shows
                                                                                                                                         that we are unique.


                                                                                                                                                                                                   Emmanuel Kamsy
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Iwuanyanwu
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Year 4R








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