ÒWÁNBÉ ON BREAK

In the history of African countries, most especially NIGERIA, saturday is specially and popularly known to be "a celebration day" with glamorous events all over.

Fabrics of different categories, and the long time proposed Aso-Ebi, with the big women head tie called "gélé" and men shaped head cap called "Fílà, finds its place in event centres of different qualities and standard.

Money has been the major tool of separation between the rich and the poor, whereas Parties mostly referred to as "ÒWÁNBÉ" has its own way of generating social vibes, uniting poor and the rich most especially, where famous, popular,and rich personalities are invited.

Social lifestyle of certain individuals are determined, and measured by bloggers, medias, fans especially for celebrities by the amount of money they spray in "Òwánbé, the expensive fabrics combination and the exotic cars they brought. As many believes that; the best way to connect and network either for business purposes or social attachment is a special Saturday event with great society dignitaries.

And now, CORONA-VIRUS PANDEMIC(COVID-19) has introduced itself to be a stumbling block to our Saturdays "Òwánbé, where many still hope to have back what the deadly pandemic has taken from us. Social expressions and the outstanding attires made in Nigeria has been migrated to social platforms, whereby only the most influenced social media users get more reactions to there lockdown attires.

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