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In the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe..... the egwugwu are said to be a spirital group of masked men... who the people believe are gods.
One of the egwugwu was unmasked, killing the egwugwu.
Tribesmen put on masks to represent the egwugwu whom are ancestral spirits. They represent the egwugwu during important ceremonies including the tribal courts and funerals.
Enoch, a Christian convert, unmasks an egwugwu, killing it.
The chief egwugwu is called Evil Forest.
"Egwugwu" is used in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe to represent the gods.
Okonkwo did play the role of an egwugwu in the egwugwu court.
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.
Enoch's unmasking of the egwugwu enrages the clan, and forces them into option.
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.
When Enoch unmasked an egwugwu in Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart," it was seen as a great offense because the egwugwu represented powerful ancestral spirits. The unmasking disrupted the traditional order and caused outrage among the clan members, leading to serious consequences for Enoch and his family.