NICCOM Members strut their stuff.












Nigeria Canada Congress of Manitoba Inc. is a new organization founded by members of the Nigerian community. The organization's mandate includes settlement, recreation, empowering, networking and making integration better for the Nigerian community.

On June 24th NICCOM joined with the Manitoba Multiculturalism Day Committee to showcase its head ware and a bit of the Nigerian culture. They were spectacular in terms of colour, style and the way they carried themselves on and off the stage.

Below is an imagery NICCOM wrote to give people the idea:
Imagine sitting comfortably among dignitaries at a Lagos wedding ceremony on a late June afternoon. Looking around, you can see various colors and shades - yellow, blue, red, green, orange, pink, grey, violet, indigo, black; and different shapes and sizes of Headgear (Gele) - satellite dish, flying saucer, face-your-hubby, 'keep-them-talking, 'show-stopper', and 'traffic-hold up' among others on beautiful women with elegant steps. In their faces, you can see radiance, confidence, joy unlimited, contagious smiles, and beautiful exchanges of pleasantries like hugs and back slaps. Then you hear a solid vibrating African Rock music. Before you could blink your eyelids, these women with the crowning glory on their heads are on the dance floor, responding with elegant dance steps to the rhythm of the music, showcasing their culture, fashion, beauty, dancing skills and dexterity, and confirming a very healthy living. Then you see disarming smiles, 'high-fives', hand shakes, and individual appreciation of the rhythm. Suddenly, you see the bride and groom join the ladies on the dance floor. The bride's "gele" is very colorful, elegant, flashy - it speaks volumes in culture. Before you could think, the air of camaraderie and joy become too attractive to ignore, and you become part and parcel of the celebration on the dance floor, hidden deep and covered among the beauty of the clashing but colorful symbols of the crowning glory of African Womanhood..... Doesn't that make you want to weep with joy!