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The farming cycle in Ika begins between January and February each year, at a time when the harmattan wind has opened up the bushes. The general pattern is a block system in which segments of a village make their farms in one section of the village land each year. The duration of the ‘bush fallow’…
(i) Paying homage to the elders, idioma or diokpa of Idumu.This was done in many ways:- a. Through the reserving of the dreg of palmwine to the most elderly man. Whenever people or the descendants of a kindred, ebon gather to drink palmwine, the dreg (the last cup of the calabash of a palmwine) is…
IKA GREETINGSThe Ika people have many concepts of goodness that are almost peculiar to them. Some of these concepts are an automatic invitation to a stranger to share in a meal, the respect for elders, and above all, the exchange of barrage of greetings in the streets, which tend to ease the pressure of living…
ODINALI IKA When viewed in the concept of Ika cosmology, the Ofo embodies the ideological basis of Ika personality. This conceptual symbol is intrinsically wrapped in Ika traditional belief system. Given the interplay of existing centrifugal and centripetal culture forces of Ika pattern of ideology, Ofo is rooted in Ika pattern of inheritance vis-à-vis succession…
ONYEKPEZE AND IKACULTURAL MATTERS Consequently, these intruders have influenced Odinali Ika in many dimensions. Focusing on Bini, the great influences of theirs on Ika are political, religious and cultural. The people of Ika kingdoms (except Idumuesah kingdom) and the Binis have both ancestral and cultural similarities, which point to a common origin or ancestral identity….
ONYEKPEZE AND IKA CULTURAL MATTERS THE MOMENT OF DEATH IN IKA Generally, the ceremonies involved in burial rites, in Ika culture are varied. Like in other African communities, the moment of death triggers off frenzy of lamentation, wailing and misery. These are soon followed by frantic preparations and performance of some burial rites, which will…
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ONYEKPEZE AND IKA CULTURAL MATTERS HERBALISTS (NDI AGWO OGUN) IN IKA CULTURE The discussion here is on herbalists and not on herbalism which is discussed under traditional medicines. This is because the roles of the herbalists affect mystical elements, which can never be completely excluded from magic and religion. A nonagenarian respondent said that many…
NMA’S CORNER! Arts and Culture An art is the expression of creativity or imagination.It refers to all activities related to the beauty and design as well as innovative creation geared towards entertaining and educating the society. It may be taken in diverse forms like; Prose writing. Poetry writing. Dance. Drama. Architecture/Drawing. etc.Culture is the way…
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IKA CULTURAL CUM TRADITIONAL RELIGION Belief in magic and medicine in Ika Culture From the discussion on Ika Traditional Religion so far, it is clear that since the dawn of consciousness, Ika people like others, have been confronted with the need to cope with powers greater than their own. The competitions and riddles of life…
IKA CULTURAL CUM TRADITIONAL RELIGION BELIEF IN SPIRITS IN IKA CULTURETHE SPIRIT OF THE WITCHES (NDI IGBOME) Since witches fly with birds or swift nocturnal animals or with other materials, it is not surprising that their favourite haunts are on top of trees. Tall trees in the forests or hollow or curiously shaped trees, especially…
