Abstract
This paper starts with explaining the meaning of culture and cultural heritage. The researcher discusses the relevance’s of some of the material culture of the Igbo people, and how such materials could be preserved through the theatre. The development, presentation and preservation of Igbo art, Igbo symbol, Igbo mask, Igbo sound symbol, Igbo literature, Igbo festival and ceremonies through the theatre become necessary for advancement. A look at archival materials on Igbo art led to the submission that the Igbo and Nigeria artists can as a matter of fact draw inspiration from our rich arts and culture for better performances.
Highlights
One world likes to begin by looking at the meaning of cultural heritage or perhaps it will be better to start with explaining what culture means
The Igbo has over the years, right from the colonial era through the Nigerian civil war to this time, had their culture battered and destroyed in a lamentable manner
The Igbo arts is illustrated in their architecture, painting, sculpture, textile, designs, body decoration, pottery, mask, etc and could be preserved through the theatre
Summary
One world likes to begin by looking at the meaning of cultural heritage or perhaps it will be better to start with explaining what culture means. Culture includes our arts and artifacts, crafts, folktales, folksongs and poetry, music, dance, beliefs, ideas, occupation, technology etc, they are handed from generation to generation through socialization and education, and are our cultural heritage. Cultural heritage is the focus of this paper can be defined as those attributes, behavioural patterns, lifestyles, social structures and norms that are passed on laterally or inherited from one generation to another (Omekwu, 2003). It is the basis for the existence of any ordered human society. It was not surprise when our revered author-late professor Chinua Achebe (1980) in his book Things Fall Apart lamented that: “the white had put knife in the thing that held us together and things have fallen apart”
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