1. Gayya (Communal joint work):- this is another festival that is observe at the begging of crop plantation, it involves invitation from different villages, the heroes in the farm work will gathered at a farm in different age-group that a competition will be set where there will be best for all.

    This gives another room for the best to be engaged by some best ladies observersthat are in the farm witnessing the event. The Gayya isdone as a communal farm work, a band is being beating and songs willbe going on, the ladies will be fanning the men on work, praises and heelling will be on, tillthe best is emerge.

  2. Wasa Sedeka (Burial Ceremony):- this is a festival that is observe when an erderly person or chief priest or a community leader died at the moment a shout will be noticefrom juju either the Ngaji-Idu, Abayinka or Akililinki and the village band hitter called "Nsu-ganga or Gonbiya" will began with some kind of signs sound that will confirm it mention the title sign which will mak eclear notification. The juju from the house now will be going round the village until the decease will be buried. The banding will be going on and the Bori group will come around half naked and they will be singing and praising will be on so also dancing in a ring form. When the person is put in the grave before covering different persons both from his mother, father, brothers-inlaw, sisters-inlaw and friends will be called to say a farewell messages, this is called "Repa" then the person will be buried.

    Aranga:- a round kind of dance organize at the village square or in front of decease house. It's set at night for seven days. Within this days discussion will be done for a day of proper burial Ceremony to be announce when the date is fixed, seve days before the date guinea corn will be soak for local drink production within the seven days, that period, evry night there will be dancin on the six night there will be "Gwana-Gandu" the dancing will be till day break, on the main day early morning Masquerades will be going round village, a Ram will be presented by an elder with grounded raw rice mixed with Honey in a calabash called "Gumba" a white clothe will be sprayed in a village square and the calabash will be place on. Eldersare gathered both the men and women and the Bori group, the drummer will be playing, Masquerade of different kinds will be shoutin , then the eldest or the chief priest will now make someincantion invoking the ancestral spirit of the died person,perform some kind of rituals then the Ram will be slughtered and the blood will be eigher a big peak of sore or an idol in the shrine "a shrine is always found at the village of every Gwandara villages even now mostly". That is to say the sedeka is complited, after which dancing competition will commence and invited guest willmbe around to witness the event. Every member of the decease person will bring his or her contribution either raw food, cloth and brings along their Masquerade also and there will be there will br alot of competition among villages, this sometimes take up to 3 days and Sellema will done and the main communty Masquerade will closed the occasion, that mark the end of burial, believing that, the dead person will now meet his ancestors in peace.

    There are other forms of entertainment in Gwandara land, such as Wasa-Mollo, Wasa-Awa(Akwakwa), Wasa sha-shamiyya in Toni land, Wasa-Kuma Giri and this have their period of performing.

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    By
    Abdullahi J. Bako (Congosco)

    Sarkin Yaki Idu

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