ODION OSIKI

Festivalisation understood as a development of festivals and their influence on people and the surrounding space is not a new phenomenon. It is closely connected with the development of human culture, which dates back to the historical roots of the human kind.1 Due to the close relationship between festivals and culture, it was decided to start the chapter by precisely defining the latter. Aba festival is a channel through which the Etuno people showcase their culture to the entire world. Culture is the learned behaviour of members of a given social group. It is the learned, socially acquired traditions and lifestyles of the
members of a society, including their patterned, repetitive ways of thinking, feeling and acting. Taylor sees culture as that complex whole, which include knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, laws, customs and any other capabilities acquired by man, as a member of the society.2 Culture can be seen as the whole way of life of a people, which include their customs, habits, beliefs, religions and crafts, language, technology, dance, etc. It includes the rules and regulations that govern the behaviours of people in a given society.