The sacred principles imparted in myths are embodied, enacted, and reinforced through ceremonies, festivals, and rituals.
They frequently dictate when a group respects a specific festival or maintains specific taboos. Festivals in Igboland follow a calendar cycle. Annual festivals honoring divinities and ancestors are held during which adepts offer libations, foods, and cultural displays to these ancestors or deities. The Igbo people of Obinagu, Udi in Enugu state believe that such occurrences strengthen the ties that bind mankind, its ancestors, God, and other deities. Most importantly, such ceremonies and festivals like the yearly masquerade festival held by the Igbo people allow supernatural beings to bestow longevity, offspring, and sustenance on individuals and the communities at large. In fact, mmanwu festival in Obinagu serves as a conduit for human-to-spirit communication. Every year, around the month of August, people of Obinagu, Udi, in Enugu State, celebrates their Aju and Masquerade festivals. They first thank God and their ancestors for a bountiful harvest of yam, which is a respected crop across Igboland. It is shortly followed by the mmanwu or masquerade festival, Which brings about the interaction between the living and spirits of ancestors as they entertain themselves with music and dances