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An instance of Ika communal labour was the building of mud house (itun ulo/olo ejan). Annually, every Idumu in Ika community employed communal effort to build new houses for their kinsmen in need. Kinsmen then had reasons to build new houses. Some existing buildings might be cracking after some years and needed destruction in order…
Since ancient times, the people of Ika have been known to be gregarious and belong to different groups. They come together for support, and even in their misery, the Ika people love company. The groups help to shape the character, relationship and the matrix of life in the society. In daily discourse in Ika, the…
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…
ONYEKPEZE AND IKA CULTURAL MATTERS Ika community had a glorious and rich cultural past in games and entertainments. The adults as well as the children were always fully occupied. There was hardly any time when people were not occupied in those days. On the days when people were not in their farms, they engaged in…
The Ikengan was one of the religious influences which the Ika people inherited from the Igbo culture. It has since been practised and adopted by them as the symbol of the people’s material cum enterprising spirit. The Ikengan is the symbolic force of Ika adventurism. It is the goal setter spirit of the Ikas associated…
Ika Village Square, IVS, the apex Pan-Ika group, has finalized plans to sponsor a football tournament amongst the Ika people of Edo and Delta States. The maiden football tournament will feature three teams from Igbanke, Ika North-East and Ika South Local Government Areas.According to Mr. Joe Morgan, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, the tournament…
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ONYEKPEZE AND IKA CULTURAL MATTERS ODINALI IKA Like any other community in Nigeria, the Ika people cherish and hold tenaciously to their tradition (Odinali) as part of their culture. Odinali Ika refers to Ika tradition by which is meant what happens in Ikaland. It deals primarily with laws of the land as set down and…
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IKA CULTURAL CUM TRADITIONAL RELIGION MOURNING AND OTHER CEREMONIESFOR THE DEAD IN IKA CULTURE INO AHIO Generally, mourning in Ika culture, is observed in every family, lineage and Idumu in respect of any death the age notwithstanding. This is known in Ika as ino ahio. It is observed for a period of one native week,…
A sociopolitical group under the auspices of Oghanihun Ndi-Ika Progressive Forum (OPF), has charged Ika people to speak with one voice for the growth of the ethnic group. The founder of the forum, Mr. Felix Oyanri, gave the charge while in parley with newsmen in Agbor during the week, pointing out that Ika people need…
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In Ika community, the word priest, oheren-iyi (priests, iheren iyi) is popularly used for an official servant of a god, and he normally ministers at a temple or a shrine. A few of such priests, ihieren-iye, are found in the quarters where there are shrines where offerings are made. Examples of such priest in Ika…
