The social media space has been filled with mixed reactions after photos of the induction ceremony of 100-level students of the Department of Theatre Arts, Benue State University, Makurdi surfaced on the internet.
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New students in year one dressed in white wrappers with significant drawings on their faces with lit white and red candles inside calabashes lined up as they paraded the school.
While many argued that the tradition of inducting 100-level students of the department had been in existence for decades and is also practised in other universities too, others strongly oppose it as they claimed that it looked like an initiation.
Read comments below:
iamlacrown: “That’s how it’s done in almost all Nigerian uni , nothing new and bad here.”
_adorable_bee_: “That’s how it’s done in all universities na, as far as you are a theatre art student.”
faavmira: “na so person go join secret cult him no go know.”
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_iamjaydee: “This is initiation oh! Jesus Christ ”
_blakkout00: “That is how Dey do it in all university even my school.”
___shonasandra: “But why exactly do they conduct their inductions like this?”
simont3248: “They have to be inducted to be able to mount the stage as a pure thespian… welcome to the world of thespians.”
_lau_ray_: “It’s done in every 9ja uni. As long as you a thespian, you must undergo this type of induction. “
