Eyo Festival
Culture and tradition are the central themes in Umeh’s extensive portfolio. In this painting, he gives an impressionist’s peek into the Eyo festival also known as the Adamu Orisha play. A unique festival performed by masquerades dressed in white flowing costumes, wooden batons and hats. Myth has it that these masquerades escort the souls of […]
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Umeh Bede
Lagos, Nigeria
Umeh Bede Ifeanyichukwu was born on the 12th of February 1965 in Jos Plateau State, Nigeria. Umeh enrolled into the famous Yaba College of Technology Lagos where he graduated with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in painting. He worked briefly as an illustrator with Arbil, an advertising agency in Bodija Ibadan before retiring into full-time […]
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48" X 48"
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Culture and tradition are the central themes in Umeh’s extensive portfolio. In this painting, he gives an impressionist’s peek into the Eyo festival also known as the Adamu Orisha play. A unique festival performed by masquerades dressed in white flowing costumes, wooden batons and hats. Myth has it that these masquerades escort the souls of departed Lagos kings to the great beyond and also to usher in new ones. This popular annual festival attracts tourists and important dignitaries from far and wide to Lagos Island, the traditional home ground and location of the Oba’s palace.
