Yoruba Calendar
Southwest Nigeria · Yoruba / English · Gregorian + Traditional calendar · 4-day market week
4-Day Market Week
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Ọjọ Ẹjẹ
Thunder
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Ọjọ Ẹta
Water
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Ọjọ Ajé
Wealth
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Ọjọ Abámẹta
Earth
Ògún
Aug
Ogun Festival / August break
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Traditional Rulers
Festival
Ọṣun-Ọṣogbo Festival
Who presides
Ataoja and Arugba lead procession
Events
Grand Ọṣun festival, UNESCO heritage ceremony, River goddess veneration, Pilgrimage to sacred grove
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Farming
Guide
August break. Good drying weather. Harvest and store first crops. Plant second maize.
Crops
Maize, Cassava
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Fishing
Conditions
Excellent
Guide
August break. Calm seas. Excellent Atlantic coast fishing. Canoe fishing peak.
Target fish
Sea fish, Catfish
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Trading
Market guide
August break. Good transport weather. Long-distance trading resumes. Cattle market.
Key goods
Cattle, Grains, Produce
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Herding
Conditions
Transitional
Guide
August break. Begin gradual southward movement. Prepare for harvest season — keep off farms.
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Healing
Guide
Dry spell — good for drying medicines. Harvest anti-rheumatic and joint medicines.
Herbs
Anti-rheumatic herbs, Ẹ̀gbẹ̀
Ritual
Harvest health blessing
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Weather
Season
August Break
Rainfall
40-80mm
Wind
Mixed
Advisory
Brief dry spell. Good harvest and travel weather. Do not plant thinking rains ended.
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