The initiation ceremony involves elaborate dances. Lifestyle after the initiation process is what matters most in men’s initiation ceremony. This research aims at documenting men’s initiation process and songs used in Igbodo community from youth to manhood. A community without indigenous initiation music is as miserable and wretched as a nation without literature. In this paper, the community is therefore encouraged to bring back the spirit of group solidarity which initiation offer, this has been neglected over the years after the Nigerian civil war. Two principal methods used in fieldwork are: participant-observation
and laboratory technique for materials in ethno musicological analysis. Like other African cultures, the musical training of the Igbodo child is informal. Orientation for the initiation groups are carried out in the bush and suburbs within the locality. Initiation determines the true position of men in Igbodo. Three initiation groups exist in the community, namely: Adulthood, native doctor group, and the eldest man (Ndiche). It was discovered that the people so much cherish their
initiation process and songs, and have the desire to assist anyone who could help to revive their cultural heritage which was distorted by modern trends. In conclusion, it was observed that modern trends which came with the Western civilization also play a vital role in perpetuating initiation songs. The author recommends that the trends should be followed up with a consciousness of retaining the traditional meaning and role of the initiation songs.
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