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
Ibiembur
Apr
First rains / Planting
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Traditional Rulers
Festival
Farm Opening Rites
Who presides
Clan heads bless farming season
Events
Aôndo (God) farm blessing, Community cooperative farming begins, Seed blessing ceremony
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Farming
Guide
First rains. Plant sorghum, millet, yam. Intercrop with cowpea and groundnuts.
Crops
Sorghum, Millet, Yam, Cowpea
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Fishing
Conditions
Good
Guide
First rains. River rising. Fish spawning. Good fishing still continues.
Target fish
Mixed, Tilapia
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Trading
Market guide
Reduced trading. Planting season. Local Tiv markets for essentials.
Key goods
Food, Local goods
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Herding
Conditions
Wet
Guide
Rains begin. Livestock on elevated ground. Farmer-herder tension season — fence farms.
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Healing
Guide
Fresh herbs sprouting. Treat seasonal malaria. Collect young leaf medicines.
Herbs
Fever herbs, Bitter leaf, Young leaves
Ritual
Rain thanksgiving
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Weather
Season
Early Rains
Rainfall
100-160mm
Wind
SW monsoon
Advisory
Reliable rains. Good planting. Flash floods in Benue River valley.
Nature & Environment — Live Data
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