Birthed and nurtured by the sea, the serenity and calmness of the delicate waves kissed and embraced by the new moon…Kala Mingi. The stories it tells its children as they assemble around the twilight zone, the bounty of riches that springs forth from its bosom, young and old filled and drunk from its infinite well, the conveyance of all manner of sea creatures, the bellowing sound, and the echo of the king’s drum…Asimini, Asimini, Asimini, a warning from the town’s crier, a summons by the elders and ancestors, the emergence of the big masquerade…ahim…owu, a celebration, and dance with the gods and mermaids, the arrival of Fungu, the darkening of the moon, the aftermath of its roars and wicked torrents…Opu Mingi, the rise of a new moon flagging new beginnings, a cycle, a journey of the Ibani man, Children of the River…
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