Oron Calendar
Oron / Akwa Ibom · Oron / English · Efik-Oron Urua 8-day calendar · 8-day market week
8-Day Market Week
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Akwa Ikwọ
Ekpe Day
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Akwa Ederi
Ekpu Rest Day
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Akwa Eyibio
Sea Deity Day
🛒
Akwa Ọfiọñ
Market Day
🎭
Ekpri Ikwọ
Small Ekpe
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Ekpri Ederi
Ancestor Day
🎣
Ekpri Eyibio
Fishing Day
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Ekpri Ọfiọñ
Small Market
Oron Ubi
Mar
First rains approaching
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Traditional Rulers
Festival
Land Blessing
Who presides
Clan heads bless new farming season
Events
Farm land blessing by elders, Water spirit propitiation, Community farming assembly
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Farming
Guide
Pre-rain clearing. Buy yam seedlings. Prepare mounds near Cross River delta.
Crops
Yam, Cassava
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Fishing
Conditions
Very Good
Guide
Pre-rain. Atlantic bonga season. Oron pier and canoe fishing very active.
Target fish
Bonga, Catfish
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Trading
Market guide
Farm input trading. Seeds, cassava cuttings, fishing gear. Pre-season markets.
Key goods
Farm inputs, Fishing gear
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Herding
Conditions
Transitional
Guide
Pre-rain. Buy young animals. Prepare pens for rainy season.
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Healing
Guide
Pre-rain cleansing. Collect last dry-season medicines. Land and water blessing.
Herbs
Cleansing herbs
Ritual
Land and water purification (Oron tradition)
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Weather
Season
Pre-rains
Rainfall
55-95mm
Wind
SW monsoon begins
Advisory
First rains arrive. Thunderstorms. Humidity rising fast on Oron coast.
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