Tiv Calendar
Benue State / Middle Belt · Tiv / English · 4-day traditional calendar · 4-day market week
4-Day Market Week
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Aôndo
God/Sky
🌍
Gbaa
Earth
🛒
Shighe
Market
⭐
Ikyaa
Rest
Ikyenge
Oct
Harvest season
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Traditional Rulers
Festival
Grand Harvest Festival
Who presides
Tor Tiv presides over harvest festival
Events
Main Tiv harvest festival, Thanksgiving to Aôndo, Community feasting and dance, Age-grade celebrations
🏺
Farming
Guide
Main harvest. Sorghum, yam, cassava, groundnuts. Tiv harvest festival season.
Crops
Sorghum, Yam, Groundnuts, Cassava
🎣
Fishing
Conditions
Very Good
Guide
Rivers falling. Concentrated fish. Excellent trap and net fishing season.
Target fish
Catfish, Tilapia, Perch
📦
Trading
Market guide
Peak harvest trading. Sorghum, yam, groundnut export. Makurdi market peak.
Key goods
Sorghum, Yam, Groundnuts
🌾
Herding
Conditions
Good
Guide
Harvest. Livestock on crop residues after harvest. Good fattening.
🙏
Healing
Guide
Harvest medicines. Rest and recovery herbs. Thanksgiving healing rites.
Herbs
Recovery herbs, Thanksgiving plants
Ritual
Harvest thanksgiving (Tiv tradition)
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Weather
Season
Late Rains
Rainfall
80-130mm
Wind
Transitional
Advisory
Rains tapering. Good harvest weather. Benue River falling.
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