FESTIVAL: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ZAAR COMMUNITY AND THEIR GREAT ANNUAL FESTIVAL (LEMB ZAAR)

THE ZAAR CULTURAL ATTIRES 

THE ZAAR  ANNUAL FESTIVAL:
There are few better ways to experience the culture of any given place than to be around when a festival is happening. Like music, food and language, festivals provide a gateway to understanding the personality of a village, town, city, region or country, and more than that, they’re a lot of fun!
From the view of Africa culture down to Nigeria to the northern part of Nigeria it has been a great thing to know that there are festival that has been trending long time ago which is the LEMB ZAAR Annual Festival.
 This article not only talk about the success of the festival or the huge attration and the number of people and dignitries that usually turn up for the event rather to also to know more about the ZAAR community and why the LEMB ZAAR festival is been held Annually.


Lemb Zaar is an annual cultural festival celebrated by the Zaar people of Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro communities in southern Bauchi state (northern Nigeria). It is a festival designed purposely to express gratitude to Chongvon (God the creator) for protection over the year and for the new harvest. It is normally held every November when major farm operations were over and what was left was the harvest, the good signs of which had been seen. The Zaar people express thanks to almighty God for making it possible to eat another new crop.

The lemb Zaar festival was the most important festival among the Zar (Sayawa)… During the lemb Zaar, food was prepared in abundance and taken to designated areas, where people had gathered. Farm implements like big hoe, small hoe and axe were sprinkled with a pulp made from guinea corn known as (shangbor). The pulp was sprinkled on houses. The festival normally last for more than two weeks. Youth could move to another village singing and dancing for a week…

It is interesting to note that this yearly festival of LEMB ZAAR enjoys massive attention and support of Zaar elites all over the world. People of Zaar ancestry travel every year from far and near to take part in this unique cultural event. The festival has been enhanced and improved with several attractive events such as masquerade dances, hunting exhibitions, display of beautiful cultural attires and seminar presentations.