Efik Calendar
Calabar / Cross River · Efik / English · 8-day traditional calendar · 8-day market week
8-Day Market Week
🎭
Akwa Ikwọ
Ekpe Day
⭐
Akwa Ederi
Rest Day
🙏
Akwa Eyibio
Deity Day
🛒
Akwa Ọfiọñ
Market Day
🎭
Ekpri Ikwọ
Small Ekpe
💤
Ekpri Ederi
Small Rest
🌿
Ekpri Eyibio
Small Deity
🏪
Ekpri Ọfiọñ
Small Market
Efik Ubi
Mar
First rains approaching
🌱
Traditional Rulers
Festival
Farm Blessing Rites
Who presides
Obong blesses farming season
Events
Land fertility ceremonies, Ekpe farm blessing, Community land purification
⚒️
Farming
Guide
Pre-rain land clearing. Burn old stalks. Buy seedlings for yam and plantain.
Crops
Yam, Plantain
🎣
Fishing
Conditions
Very Good
Guide
Pre-rain. Fish feeding heavily. Estuary fishing excellent. Bonga season peaks.
Target fish
Bonga, Catfish, Perch
⚒️
Trading
Market guide
Farm input trading. Seeds, cassava cuttings, tools. Pre-planting market surge.
Key goods
Farm inputs, Tools
🌱
Herding
Conditions
Transitional
Guide
Pre-rain. Buy young animals for fattening. Prepare livestock pens.
🌱
Healing
Guide
Pre-rain cleansing. Collect last dry-season medicines. Prepare rain herbs.
Herbs
Cleansing herbs, Rain plants
Ritual
Land and water purification
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Weather
Season
Pre-rains
Rainfall
60-100mm
Wind
SW monsoon begins
Advisory
First rains arrive. Thunderstorms common. Humidity rising fast.
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