Imo Awka festival

The festival allows for the people of Awka to look inward and thank the Imoka god for shielding them from external invasion and to pray for peace and prosperity of the town.

[4] The festival features four major events, the Ede-Mmuo, Ogwu Oghugha, Eqwu Opu-Eke and Egwu Imo-Oka.

[3] The Imo Awka festival showcases several kinds of masquerades that displays at the Imoka shrine.

[4] There is an interesting part of the festival that features beating of canes called Nro-Nta between two male groups.

[citation needed] The festival concludes with visiting the Imo-Oka stream on the final day which is heralded by a heavy downpour of rain that falls in the late afternoon.