Ijok-Irin
ijokirin also known unyeada fishing festival annual cultural fishing festival obolo people ijokirin mean fish fest obolo language peculiar unyeada kingdom andoni local government area river state nigeria festival celebrated summer period nigeria month july august ushered new fishing season obolo people predominantly fisherman tradition migrant fisherman returning home fishing expedition cross gulf guinea biggest catch usually smoke fish observe ijokirin till visible unyeada people according oral tradition unyeada people origin agelong ijokirin festival traced existence people obolo sociocultural structure like riverine environment built around marine society also influenced belief system tradition festival originated century bc obolo people occupied longest stretch niger delta coastal shoreline invariably predominantly fisherman often migrate across gulf guinea fishing expedition obolo fisherman found togo cameroon equatorial guinea gabon also oyorokoto andoni sometimes referred largest fishing settlement west africa coast advent christianity niger delta regarded taboo obolo tradition fisherman solely eat sell biggest catch fact could attracts severe penalty even led banishment erring fisherman family community catching biggest fish connotes dexterity strength bravery similar hunting big animal attracts royal blessing award king okaanama unyeada kingdom eminence king dr israel uzamandeng jp otuo ogbalakon ix precolonial era many activity culminating festival usually obolo annual calendar begin period festival