The Bwatiye people refer to the Bachama and Bata which are a set of people that can be found in Numan, Demsa, Girei, Fufore and Lamurde Local Governments of Adamawa State and in some part of the Cameroons Republic.
Also, persistence war from Bornu people forced them to their present location, Adamawa State.
[4] It is a seven days spiritual-cultural festival that is done to honour their vegetarian god (Homonpwa ka Puledan) for the bounty of agricultural produces.
It is a four-days festival that tends to unite Demsa, Mbula, Numan and Lamurde in worshipping their common deities and to also declare farming activities open.
It is one of the biggest festival of the Bwatiye people that involved singing, dancing and displaying of numerous ornaments.