Ibibio Calendar
South Nigeria / Akwa Ibom · Ibibio / English · 8-day traditional calendar · 8-day market week
8-Day Market Week
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Etaha
Rest Day
🌅
Edeme Taha
After Rest
⚒️
Fiongeto
Work Day
🛒
Ederi
Market Day
🙏
Atim
Spirit Day
🌿
Fiongaran
Work Day
💤
Edet
Rest Day
🌙
Etaha Nta
Small Rest
Udua Oran
Mar
First rains approaching
🌱
Traditional Rulers
Festival
Ibuot Festival
Who presides
Clan heads bless new farms
Events
Land fertility ceremony, First farm blessing, Ani equivalent propitiation
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Farming
Guide
Pre-rain preparation. Final land clearing. Prepare yam mounds. Buy seedlings.
Crops
Yam, Cassava
🎣
Fishing
Conditions
Very Good
Guide
Pre-rain. Fish feeding actively. Atlantic bonga season. Coastal net fishing peaks.
Target fish
Bonga, Catfish
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Trading
Market guide
Farm input trading. Seeds, cassava cuttings, tools. Busy pre-planting markets.
Key goods
Farm inputs, Tools
🌱
Herding
Conditions
Transitional
Guide
Pre-rain. Prepare livestock pens. Buy young animals for fattening.
🌱
Healing
Guide
Pre-rain cleansing. Prepare land and body. Collect last dry-season medicines.
Herbs
Cleansing herbs
Ritual
Land purification (Ufok Ibibio)
🌦
Weather
Season
Pre-rains
Rainfall
60-100mm
Wind
SW monsoon begins
Advisory
First rains arrive. Thunderstorms common. Humidity rising fast.
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