Religion and Awon Mass-Marriage Festival in Shao Town, 1900-1994: A Historical Review.

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dc.contributor.authorEliasu Yahaya
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-14T09:04:23Z
dc.date.available2026-05-14T09:04:23Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractThis paper highlights the historical development of religion and famous Shao Awon Festival in Shao, 1900 – 1994. Shao town before the coming of Islam and Christianity was a traditional religious society. This society incorporates various deities and various gods and goddesses. It was against this background that Islam and Christianity perhaps came to reform. However, scholars did not do much even through religion and culture are very important within Shao town and Nigeria generally. Therefore, this paper applies use of both primary and secondary sources to achieve the aim of this work. In the development of Awon Mass-marriage festival in Shao, many comments have been made concerning its humble beginning particularly by the adherents of both Christianity and Islam. Consequently, the religious reforms met it and this makes it spectacular. In this study, we have found out that both Christianity and Islam came to serve as checks and balances for the conduct and operation of Awon mass-marriage festival in Shao. The paper concludes by advocating that there is the need to retain our good cultural heritages in the face of modern religious reforms. Keywords: Mass-Marriage Awon, deity, Tradition, Religion.
dc.identifier.citationEliasu, Y. (2020): Religion and Awon Mass-Marriage Festival in Shao Town, 1900-1994: A Historical Review. Jalingo Journal of Christian Religious Studies, 7; 160-172, Published by: Department of Christian Religious Studies, Taraba State University.
dc.identifier.issn2504-9976
dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/7090
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Christian Religious Studies, Taraba State University
dc.relation.ispartofseries7
dc.titleReligion and Awon Mass-Marriage Festival in Shao Town, 1900-1994: A Historical Review.
dc.typeArticle
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