CHAPTER 13
Yomi learnt from reading a newspaper in the school staff room, that it was again time for the annual Sango Festival at the town of Ede. Having nothing else to do, Yomi decided to drive there on the last day of the week long event.
Driving to Ede took him just about an hour. He found the town and especially the market square venue crowded, filled with both indigenes as well as spectators who came from as far as the other end of the world. A procession went from the Sango house where all the Sango priests and devotees were gathered. From there they progressed around town with singing and dancing. The cavalcade meandered through town and along the road to the market.
It was as much a festival of drums as anything else. Bata was the drum and dance of Sango and as folklore we
