New Year

New YearNew Year’s traditions in Nigeria are diverse and diverse. The New Year in Nigeria is a grand event, it is held with songs, dances and treats. People use homemade torches to announce the arrival of the New Year.

New Year masquerades are very popular in Nigeria, only men participate in them. A good masquerade involves imitating a person or an animal, and is accompanied by national dances. New Year masquerades are held to entertain the people, to punish the villains and bring messages of love, hope and peace to the New Year.

On New Year’s Eve, Nigerians also visit temples to pray to God, who helped them enter the New Year.