List of Festivals in Ebonyi State Nigeria
Ebonyi state festivals
Mgba Uzo Iyi
Mgba Uzo Iyi literally means wrestling on the path to the stream. This wrestling contest was restricted to newly married women of each village or group of compounds. It took place in the Aho morning of the dry season festival
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The Afikpo wrestling tradition and its cultural benefits
Afikpo wrestling exercise, is a form of games in which men come out to test their physical strength.
In the olden days, they use wrestling to test ones braveness and his ability to withstand the enemies.
Traditionally, how brave you
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The Ogo story of Afikpo, Ebonyi state
The Ogo story of Afikpo, Ebonyi state
The Ogo is a cult initiation into manhood done only by male children born in Afikpo. As a general rule, men were neither allowed to marry nor to impregnate a girl until they had
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Afikpo Cultural Lunar Calendar
Afikpo Cultural Lunar Calendar:- Afikpo (Ehugbo) people have their distinctive yearly calendar (Ehugbo cultural calendar) of thirteen (13) lunar months but it is fit into the Gregorian calendar of twelve months: January to December in the western world.
The specific event
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Afikpo Pottery
Afikpo Pottery:- Pottery is the craft of making ceramic materials using mud. Potters dig up clay with additives from the ground, mix with required quantity of water. The clay mixture is modeled into the desired shape and form by using
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