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In Ikwerre language woman is generally known as Nyeriyna
Other dialects under Ikwerre language calls it
Nneya nyewere nyeyi
What does your clan calls it ?

This is Akpor Calendar for August 2026
Sarima onwna Ikne
Happy New month

LET US RESTORE THE GLORY OF THE ANCIENT AKPOR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL

The Ancient Akpor New Year Festival is not a new invention. It is a sacred cultural practice handed down to us by our forefathers, who celebrated it in a unique, engaging and truly communal way.

In those days, the Akpor New Year Festival was one of the biggest cultural celebrations in Ikwerre land—a festival people looked forward to and talked about. Unfortunately, over the years, its value, excitement and intensity seem to be gradually fading.

Today, the festival appears to revolve mainly around one village, instead of bringing together the entire towns and communities that make up Akpor Kingdom.

If we truly want to restore the glory of the festival, there are certain things we must reconsider:

* Every town that makes up Akpor should be properly recognized and represented.
* Festival committees should include representatives from the various towns.
* Traditional entertainers and cultural groups from across Akpor should be engaged and given their rightful place.
* Our traditional masquerades and dancers, including Rumuagolu dancers, Rumuorlumeni Masquerade, Ogbogoro Masquerade, Choba Masquerade, and many others, should be invited to showcase the rich cultural heritage of Akpor.

I respectfully appeal to the traditional rulers, chiefs and leaders of Akpor Kingdom: let us bring back the Akpor New Year Festival that our forefathers gave us.

The festival should not be seen as a celebration belonging only to the royal family or one village. It belongs to Ozuoba, and it belongs to every town and community that makes up Akpor Kingdom.

Yes, Ozuoba carries the royal mantle and serves as the place where the festival is traditionally concluded. But the participation, rituals, contributions and cultural identity of the other towns are what make the celebration complete.

Without the towns of Akpor, there can be no Akpor festival to conclude in Ozuoba.

Let us make the festival a true reflection of the entire Akpor Kingdom once again—one that brings our people together, promotes our traditional entertainers, preserves our heritage and makes the whole of Ikwerre land talk about Akpor once again.

Let us not allow a glorious tradition handed down by our forefathers to gradually lose its value.

Akpor is bigger than one town.
Akpor is a kingdom.
And the festival belongs to us all.

Anu Meka.

AKPOR KINGDOM: THE SEASON OF RAIN, HARVEST & A NEW BEGINNING 🌾🌧️

Akpor! Nkalam Anu Meka Oh!
Iwhuruohna notu Anu Meka!
Rivers State Anu Meka!

As the rains continue to fall and the farming season gradually gives way to harvest, something deeply significant is taking place in Akpor Kingdom. This is not just another rainy season—it is a sacred period that signals the closing of one traditional year and the preparation for another.

According to Akpor tradition, the coming of the harvest season is closely connected with the traditional rites of Orsno Mini, the goddess associated with rain, and Ali, Mother Earth, who provides the land from which the people receive their food and livelihood.

🌧️ THE ORSNO MINI RITUAL AND FEEDING ALI (Mother earth)

The various towns and communities that make up Akpor Kingdom have begun observing the Orsno Mini rituals in rotation, carrying out the necessary traditional appeasements and rites according to the customs handed down by their ancestors.

These rituals are significant because the people acknowledge the forces of rain and Mother Earth before entering fully into the season of harvest, renewal and celebration.

Once the traditional obligations have been fulfilled across the communities, the process eventually leads back to Ozuoba, the traditional headquarters of Akpor Kingdom.

And when the necessary rites have been completed, the ancient doors of celebration can be opened.

The completion of the traditional rites signals the approach of the Akpor New Yam and New Harvest Festival, a celebration that is much more than food.

It represents gratitude, renewal, community, ancestral heritage and the beginning of a new traditional cycle.

Traditionally, the festival is connected with important sacred days, including Aya ezni (Ozuoba market day) and Riagbo Rishi iznu , the day associated with the ancestors’ visitation to the ancestral hall.

These are important moments in the traditional calendar, when ordinary activities such as farming are traditionally restricted as the community observes the sacred occasion.

But there is something particularly interesting about this year’s season.

The New Yam Festival is not simply about cutting yam, cooking food and gathering families. For Akpor people, it marks the closing of one chapter and the opening of another.

It is a time to remember the ancestors, honour the land, appreciate the rains, celebrate the harvest and welcome a new traditional year.

So, as you hear the sound of the rain and see the farms preparing to yield their treasures, remember:

Something is coming in Akpor Kingdom. 🌧️🌾

The rituals have begun.
The communities are taking their turns.
The traditional calendar is moving forward.
And the drums of the Akpor New Yam and New Year Celebration are getting closer.

🎉 AKPOR NEW YAM FESTIVAL & NEW YEAR CELEBRATION IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!
DATE WIll BE RELEASED BY TOMORROW .

This is Akpor.
This is heritage.
This is tradition.
This is the season when Mother Earth gives, the rain sustains, the people give thanks, and a new traditional year begins.

Ikwere Anu Meka O!
Akpor! Nkalam Anu Meka Oh! 🌾🐍🌧️

Credit ~Whyte Rada Africa documenting, celebrating and projecting the rich cultural heritage of Iwhuruohna.

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