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The Verb Phrase Of Kofyar Language
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1.3 SOCIO-CULTURE PROFILE
The kofyar are a population
in the middle belt of Nigeria. The dialects are Bwal, Bwol, Dimmuk,
Doemak, Giverom, Gworam, Jepal and Nemyang.
The official language in
Qua’an pan local government is English language. The main identity of
“KOFYARA’ is their language and beliefs. The kofyar people are rich in
terms of social aspect and cultural aspect such as festivals, dressing,
religion, food, occupation and so on.
FESTIVAL
Ma’ap Festival: The ma’ap festival is mean for the funeral rite of a great person and it is done by slaughtering a horse.
Ka’atar festival: It is a festival done to thank the gods for making the harvest of a year bountiful.
Feer:
Is a musical presentation for social activities especially during
installations, heroic activities, funerals, station ceremonies, etc.
horns are used to produce the music. It is common with keonoen, Ron and
kofyar groups.
BELIEF
The kofyar people believe in the
almighty God whom they call Na’an. They also believe in mystical power,
they place their belief in lesser gods such as keom Gwar and the koen
toeng Munaan. The work of koem Gwar is to catch evil people and the work
of koem toeng Munaacth orade) is to explore into the future.
RELIGION
The
kofyar does believe in almighty God, the only supreme being who lives
in the sky, but that there is no after life. In the ancient days, the
kofyar people were majorly traditional believers but due to the
influence of western civilization the kofyar’s are majorly Christians
followed by traditional believers and a few Muslims.
BEST FOOD AND BEST DRINK
Their
best foods in kofyar are pounded yam, Lamchik, Guzeh, Baala and Naweh,
their best soups are toomang made from pumpkin leaves, tooklem made from
bean seed, toompur made form mushroom and tookunlung. Kofyar people
take a lot of alcohol and their favorite drink is burukutu which is
known as Mous in the area, followed by Wa’argoebung and Wa’ardachant.
One thing to note in their culture is that they don’t waste food.
WEDDING AND DRESSING
In kofyar, the wedding ceremony is called samurang, the bride is called
Namwar and the groom is called Mis namwar, the wedding ceremony is done
in the namwar’s place.
In terms of the dressing, in the olden days,
the kofyar have a poenlugut which means child carrier made from sheep
skin. In the western time, they dress to fit civilization.
EDUCATION
It is beyond the shadow of doubt that, the issue of western education in today’s society is dominant and nearly unavoidable.
Kofyar
a small speech community in plateau state is not exempted from this so
called nomenclature ‘education’. Unlike so many places the main schools
in kofyar and the neigh-boring villages are missionary and government
school.
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