The Annual Lisabi Pageant, celebrating the legendary Lisabi Akala hero, assumed a brand new dimension this 12 months, with an give attention to exhibiting the cultural heritage of EGBA and launching an vital financial initiative.
Talking within the Jasiri program of Information Central on Wednesday, Lai Labode, the OSI-Pagun de Egbaland and founding father of Egbaliganza, detailed the that means of the competition and the bold plans for its future.
Lisabi Agbongbo Akala, honored by releasing the folks of Egba, is sincere yearly by the Lisabi Pageant. This 12 months’s celebration, nevertheless, was explicit vibrant, pushed by Alake stimulus of Egbaland, Addotun Arebo Gbadebo III.
Based on Labode, the 80 -year -old King, “a younger man in his coronary heart,” impressed Egba’s indigenous folks world wide to return residence and inject new vitality into the festivities.
“We determined that Lisabi’s celebration should go to the following degree,” Labode mentioned, emphasizing the inventive and lavish nature of the folks of Egba.
“We have to present that there’s an financial worth in that.” This imaginative and prescient led to the incorporation of Egbaliganza on the one -week competition, with the celebration of EGBA vogue.
A key factor of this initiative is the target of building a vogue business of 1 billion within the land of Egba, with a broader attain within the Yoruba Earth. “We’re going to set up a brand new normal that permits totally different ethnic teams to accentuate their sport,” Labode defined.
Egbaliganza launched the high fashion of EGBA, together with the “Abeti Oja” helmet, which varies within the design relying on the consumer standing.
“Do you see what I put on? His title is Abeti Oja, who has by no means existed,” mentioned Labode, highlighting the newly created design. “Abeti Oja will solely have two knots as a result of I’m not a king.”
He additionally defined the distinctions within the helmet for kings and senior bosses, stating the “Abeti Eye” utilized by the Egbaland Alake.
The competition additionally exhibited different culturally important articles, equivalent to “Iologun Asko”, a contemporary adaptation of a standard bag.
Labode emphasised the significance of documenting these cultural components for posterity. “Every of the belongings you noticed within the occasion has a that means,” he mentioned. “We’re documenting this for historical past. There are such a lot of festivals within the nation, however EGBA’s high fashion is one thing else.”
With the launch of Egbaliganza and the give attention to creating a affluent vogue business, the Lisabi competition has turn into a platform for each cultural and financial growth, marking a brand new chapter for the Earth of Egba.