Leboku
leboku dialectic name festival known annual new yam festival yakạạ people word language yakurr people celebrated southsouth region cross river state nigeria leboku new yam festival peculiar core yakạạ speaking community ugep idomi ekori mkpani nko international version celebrated ugep year community mentioned peculiar festival distinct day secluded set aside celebration respective community lemomor boku lelomi boku lekoli boku lekpanikpani boku lekakaa boku celebrated honor earth goddess ancestral spirit land ugep one five settlement yakurr threeweek festival culmination many event beginning yam harvest time appease god ancestor public parade engaged maiden commemoration event led migration yakurr ancestral home present site period holiday yakurr traditional calendar midaugust midseptember yakurr calendar run august july leboku people keep away intense farming activity exchange visit family leboku also meant usher peace good health prosperity threeweek celebration start mblemi day harvest new yam officially flagged beautifully attired woman different farmroads group later parade town harvest second day janenboku literally translated mean women’s festival day day gift given woman loved one friend traditional dance also take place tourist night janenboku faced two option – traditional carnival like drumming dancing rhythm ekoi drum usher ledemboku held playground modernday miss leboku beauty pageant held one hotel within town day three ledemboku men’s festival day involves exchange gift male performance male ekoi dancer parade obol lopon biinah council chief parade dance legbanglewearing leboku maiden rhythm ekoi drum display etangala masquerade whose outing yearlong day also noted allembracing etangala group head nonugep chief ig ekpenyong obol etangala ugep efik man day rest affords leboku maiden opportunity cultivate new friend known nkokeboi leteboku leteboku performance poetry contest among leboku maiden traditional ugep ward song danced rhythm produced legbangles worn maiden delight watch two day leteboku normally observed rest day yekpi day boy leboku maiden parade town ceremony believed usher peace prosperity yeponfawa follows yekpi ceremony reserved initiate libini group declare first phase leboku although take place night also day noninitiates stay awake listen song yeponfawa young boy girl participate oneweek music festival dance ensemble known egbendum boy oka girl every neighbourhood group directed adult also teach song dance step leboku come end exit egbendum oka session child normally hosted feast yam porridge palm wine yam palm wine collected parent relative farmer farmroads located childrens neighbourhood festival nigeria