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
Piri-ari
May
Peak rains / Farming
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Traditional Rulers
Festival
Rain Thanksgiving
Who presides
Amanyanabo leads rain thanksgiving
Events
Rain ceremony, Community farming blessing, Water offering to Woyingi (God)
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Farming
Guide
Peak rains. Weed farms. Tend cassava. Plant cocoyam. Watch creek flood levels.
Crops
Cassava, Cocoyam
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Fishing
Conditions
Good
Guide
Rains. Fish in mangroves and creeks. Crab and shrimp season begins.
Target fish
Crab, Shrimp, Mangrove fish
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Trading
Market guide
Quiet trading. Farming focus. Mangrove crab and shrimp traded locally.
Key goods
Crab, Shrimp, Local food
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Herding
Conditions
Wet
Guide
Peak rains. House livestock. Feed dry fodder. Goats prone to foot rot.
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Healing
Guide
Peak herbs. Anti-malarial treatment. Mangrove medicines at peak potency.
Herbs
Mangrove herbs, Anti-malaria, Lemongrass
Ritual
Fishing blessing ceremony
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Weather
Season
Peak Rains
Rainfall
230-310mm
Wind
SW monsoon strong
Advisory
Very heavy rains. Niger Delta flooding begins. Canoe essential for transport.
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