Bini Calendar
Edo State / Benin Kingdom · Edo / English · 4-day traditional calendar · 4-day market week
4-Day Market Week
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Ekioba
Royal
🌍
Ekiogbe
Earth
🛒
Ekioso
Market
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Ekiudu
Rest
Uki Evbo
May
Peak rains / Farming
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Traditional Rulers
Festival
Rain Thanksgiving
Who presides
Oba leads rain thanksgiving
Events
Oba rain thanksgiving ceremony, Community prayers for good harvest, Ancestral libations
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Farming
Guide
Peak rains. Weed yam mounds. Plant cassava. Tend rubber trees.
Crops
Yam, Cassava, Rubber
🎣
Fishing
Conditions
Moderate
Guide
Rains. Fish in creeks. Community net fishing in Benin River tributaries.
Target fish
Mixed, Catfish
🏺
Trading
Market guide
Quiet period. Farming focus. Guild workshops busy with bronze and crafts.
Key goods
Bronze work, Crafts
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Herding
Conditions
Wet
Guide
Peak rains. Keep livestock near homestead. Treat wet season diseases.
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Healing
Guide
Peak herbs. Mass collection. Anti-malaria medicines. Rubber tree healing bark.
Herbs
Anti-malaria, Rubber bark, Neem
Ritual
Farm blessing ceremony
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Weather
Season
Peak Rains
Rainfall
200-280mm
Wind
SW monsoon strong
Advisory
Very heavy rains. Flooding in low areas. Excellent for crops. Rubber tapping good.
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