Ijaw Calendar
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4-Day Market Week
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Ari
Water
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Beni
Earth
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Tibi
Fire
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Oki
Spirit
Tori-tibi
Mar
Pre-rains / Farm preparation
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Traditional Rulers
Festival
Pre-Rain Blessing
Who presides
Amanyanabo blesses fishing and farming season
Events
Creek and river blessing, Community farm and fishing blessing, Ancestral libations at waterfront
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Farming
Guide
Pre-rain land clearing. Burn residues. Prepare creek-bank farms. Buy cassava cuttings.
Crops
Cassava, Cocoyam
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Fishing
Conditions
Very Good
Guide
Pre-rain. Fish feeding heavily. Bonga season on Atlantic coast. Crayfish season.
Target fish
Bonga, Crayfish, Perch
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Trading
Market guide
Farm input trading. Buy cassava cuttings, fishing gear, nets. Pre-season markets.
Key goods
Farm inputs, Nets, Fishing gear
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Herding
Conditions
Transitional
Guide
Buy young animals for fattening. Prepare pens for wet season.
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Healing
Guide
Pre-rain cleansing. Collect dry-season bark medicines. Mangrove plant harvest.
Herbs
Bark medicines, Mangrove plants
Ritual
Creek and land purification
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Weather
Season
Pre-rains
Rainfall
60-110mm
Wind
SW monsoon begins
Advisory
First rains arrive. Thunderstorms. Humidity rising fast. Creeks beginning to swell.
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