Efik Calendar
Calabar / Cross River · Efik / English · 8-day traditional calendar · 8-day market week
8-Day Market Week
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Akwa Ikwแป
Ekpe Day
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Akwa Ederi
Rest Day
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Akwa Eyibio
Deity Day
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Akwa แปfiแปรฑ
Market Day
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Ekpri Ikwแป
Small Ekpe
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Ekpri Ederi
Small Rest
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Ekpri Eyibio
Small Deity
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Ekpri แปfiแปรฑ
Small Market
Efik Ama
Jan
Dry season / Ekpe season
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Traditional Rulers
Festival
Ekpe New Year Rites
Who presides
Obong of Calabar presides
Events
Ekpe society new year ceremony, Obong of Calabar receives homage, Creek Town and Duke Town assembly
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Farming
Guide
Dry season. Clear farm plots. Plant dry-season vegetables. Tend palm plantations.
Crops
Vegetables, Palm, Cassava
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Fishing
Conditions
Excellent
Guide
Dry season. Cross River and Calabar estuary excellent. Atlantic coast canoe fishing peaks.
Target fish
Barracuda, Catfish, Bonga
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Trading
Market guide
Dry season Calabar markets busy. Creek Town and Duke Town markets peak. Seafood and palm oil.
Key goods
Palm oil, Seafood, Crafts
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Herding
Conditions
Dry
Guide
Dry season. Goats and sheep on crop residues. Tend livestock near homestead.
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Healing
Guide
Dry season. Collect Efik forest medicines. Ekpe society healing herbs. Ndem water spirit rites.
Herbs
Forest herbs, Ndem herbs, Bark medicines
Ritual
Ekpe New Year ceremony
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Weather
Season
Dry Season
Rainfall
10-30mm
Wind
Harmattan NE
Advisory
Dry season. Harmattan winds. Atlantic sea breeze moderates heat on Calabar coast.
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