One of the egwugwu was unmasked, killing the egwugwu.
When Enoch unmasks the egwugwu, he desecrates and kills it. The other egwugwu attempt to hide the face of the egwugwu from the public. For the rest of the week, the wailing of the mother egwugwu is heard throughout the villages, a somber song for her mourned son. Eventually all of the tribes gather. They end up burning down Enoch's compound, and the church where Enoch hides.
Enoch, a Christian convert, unmasks an egwugwu, killing it.
The chief egwugwu is called Evil Forest.
Okonkwo did play the role of an egwugwu in the egwugwu court.
"Egwugwu" is used in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe to represent the gods.
Enoch's unmasking of the egwugwu enrages the clan, and forces them into option.
Each egwugwu represents a village of the clan. There are nine villages in the clan.
The egwugwu gather for several reasons:FestivalsCourtFuneralsRevenging the death of one of their own.
Do not approach any raccoon even if is not angry. If it is angry you have probably done something to cause the anger,
Egwugwu were present in many ceremonies in the Igbo culture. They were present at funerals of honoured men, to pay homage to dead warriors. There was also an egwugwu court, where they would preside over cases among mortals.
The egwugwu are ancestral spirits of the clan. It is not known how many there are specifically. In tribal courts of Umuofia, there are 9 egwugwu, one representing each village. A notable egwugwu is the Mother of Spirits, who makes an appearance after one of her sons is killed. Another is Ajofia, the leading egwugwu of Umuofia.
The women's attitude towards the egwugwu is that they are to respect them. They are not to go to their house, yet they are the ones to paint the walls on the outside