BEROM(PLATEAU STATE) BRIEF HISTORY PART I:

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     The Berom (sometimes also spelt as Birom) is the largest autochthonous ethnic group in the Plateau State, central Nigeria. Covering about four local government areas, which include Jos North, Jos South, Barkin Ladi (Gwol) and Riyom, Berom are also found in southern Kaduna Statelocal government areas.
      The Berom speak the Berom language, which belongs to the Plateaubranch of Benue–Congo, a subfamily of the large Niger–Congo language family. It is not related to the Hausa language(which belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family) or other Afro-Asiatic languages of Plateau State, which are Chadic languages.
Contents
1 Culture
1.1 Festivals
1.1.1 Nzem Berom
1.1.2 Mandyeng
Culture
The Berom people have a rich cultural heritage. They celebrate the Nzem Berom festival annually in March or April. Other festivals include Nzem Tou Chun (worongchun) and Wusal Berom. Its one of the major aborigine groups in Nigeria (Plateau State) that believes in a Judeo-Christian God (Dagwi).
Festivals
Some Berom festivals include:
FestivalSpanPeriod of Celebration in the year
MandiyengFrom Precolonial timesMarch–April
NshokFrom Precolonial timesMarch–April
BaduFrom Precolonial timesMarch–April
WorongchunFrom Precolonial timesApril–May
Vwana/BwanaFrom Precolonial timesAugust
Mado (Hunting festival)From Precolonial timesOctober/November
Behwol (Hunting festival)From Precolonial timesMarch–April
Nzem Berom PostcolonialMarch–April
Wusal Berom (Prayer festival)PostcolonialMonthly
Festivals in Berom culture are primarily related to agriculture and hunting, which have been the main events revolving around Berom livelihood and cosmology.
Nzem Berom
The influx of Christianity and western Education paved way for many socio-cultural changes in Berom culture. The changes devalued the rich culture of the people bringing serious predicament of a severe social and cultural crisis. In order to avoid the danger of losing the socio-cultural practice of the ancestor, and the overall precolonial activities such as the Mandyeng, Nshok, Worom Chun, Vwana, ceremonies were brought into a single umbrella festival called Nzem Berom. Nzem Berom is held within the first week of April, to coincide with the period when Mandyeng, Nshok and Badu Festival was held. The Nzem is a period when different cultural displays are exhibited from different parts of Berom land, especially in music, dance, arts and culture.
Mandyeng
Mandyeng is a major festival celebrated in Berom land to usher in the rainy season. The festivals normally take place in March/ April. In the past the Berom regard Mandyeng/Nshok (they are very similar) the most vital festivals which ensured a good farming and hunting period and harvest. Not all the Berom communities celebrate Mandyeng and Nshok. Those that perform 'Mandyeng' claim their roots from Riyom, they include; Vwang, Kuru, Zawan, Gyel, Rim, Bachit, Bangai, Lwa, Sop, Jol, Wereng Kwi, Gwo, Kakuruk, Kuzeng, Kurak, Kuchin, Rahos and Tahoss. Nshok: Nshok slightly varies from Mandiyeng due to the fact that it also associates hunting with the rainy season farming. It is also held once a year around the months of April and May, to usher in the new season just as the Mandyeng.

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