Chuma: Azụ

1+37+33 = A+Z+Ụ
AZỤ

The gathering went respectively away into nearby lands and abroad. Ada remained seated, ever immobile to the mouth of the Obi. Once, at the hour of four, when all was awake and all asleep, Ada saw a crowd of children, elderly men and women enter the compound. The newcomers marched through her as if she were made of air and went into the underground Obi. Voices then rose from the underground and filled the compound in powerful tangible waves. Finally, Ada rose from her position and went to the Obi under the ground. The Obi had four, formerly inexistent doors that opened into a garden of rare beauty. Dwarf irokos, pregnant dwarf breadfruit trees, giant pears, sky-reaching palm trees and timbers of unknown origins towered in the garden, all so alien yet familiar and home. Birds and butterflies flew from the belly of the earth and towered above the skies. Serpents, monkeys, leopards, known and unknown creatures lived, dancing blissfully in the garden that opened up before Ada’s eyes.
Agbara appeared from behind a giant breadfruit tree. Behind the great Dibịa, pregnant palm trees glowed of fruits that seemed to touch the roof, emitting light that shone through the four doors. The Dibịa had acquired long, dark locks; his face seemed transformed into an eternal youthfulness of old age. He looked up and nodded welcome to his stunned guest. Ada looked around in search of the visitors that preceded her. Then, she saw the moment they went into and became one with the trees. Ada bowed her head in respect and Agbara indicated she sit beside him. The great Dibịa's mouth made little or no movement, yet words began pouring from him. Ada drank, sure then she was called to water the Otu, as they would appear.
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This piece is 2 of 17 from the MmỤỌ NKA+TA(a) collection, a word divination project where Alfie Nze decodes layers of meaning of Igbo words and Chuma Anagbado encodes same into phygital art - A Performance!