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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"culture",<br>"author":"penking",<br>"permlink":"the-new-yam-festival-of-the-igbo-people-an-outstanding-festival-in-nigeria",<br>"title":"THE NEW YAM FESTIVAL OF THE IGBO PEOPLE- AN OUTSTANDING FESTIVAL IN NIGERIA ",<br>"body":"Igbo is a major ethnic group in Nigeria. The igbo people primarily reside in the Southeastern part of the country and they have a rich cultural heritage. One of such mouth-having culture,<br>is the new Yam festival.\n\n\n\n\n*WHEN IS IT CELEBRATED?*\n\nThe New Yam Festival is celebrated between August and October to thank the *gods* for a bountifum harvest. It also marks the beginning of the harvest season and provides an ample opportunity for the meeting of the tribes.![images (8).jpg (https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124464\/ppjqm3wos1rtsuc4coti.jpg)\n[Photo Credit (www.googl.com \n\n\n\n The new YAM festival is culturally rooted in beliefs of the ancient Igbo society,<br> where wealth was measured by the number of yam a man posseses. YAM is a root and tuber crop which is rich in carbohydrates and calories.\n\n In the ancient igbo society,<br> Yam was the king crop. To this end,<br> a large barn or barns of yams was a clear cut stigmata of wealth. \n![images (4).jpg (https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124483\/svuwcbffweyhrjf7keeh.jpg)\n[Photo Credit (www.googl.com \n\n\nA yam fufu- (a paste eaten with soup in Africa.) instead of cassava or any other kind of fufu was an overt sign of the importance of a visitor. \n\nTo some extent,<br> this association lingers till today as pounded yam is usually served in all big occasions and somebody would be regarded as below social standard if he serves anything inferior to Pounded YAM.\n\n ![images (7).jpg (https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124519\/ogyvnwoup7o5nsifduac.jpg)\n[Photo Credit (www.googl.com \n\n\nThe new YAM us harvested sometime earlier than August but anybody who regards himself as a true son igboland will not eat it until it is officially declared open for eating at the Festival.\n\nThe ceremony usually begins with a ceremonial roasting of big tubers of yam by highly-placed community members. \n\nAfter the yams have first officially been offered to \u2018Ohajoku\u2019 or the yam or earth gods,<br> the rest are shared to everyone and they have the full rights to eat it without incuring the wrath of the *gods* \n![images (5).jpg (https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124544\/zt18h92lhhmwvyysf9aa.jpg)\n[Photo Credit (www.googl.com \n\n\n\nIn modern times,<br> the new yam festival provides an ample opportunity for Igbo sons in diaspora to pay a visit to their village and fellowship with their kinsmen as they put heads together to deliberate about community development .\n\n \nNowadays,<br> the New yam festival is an elaborate ceremony which attract tourists far and wide. The ceremony blooms will colour and grandeur. The New YAM festival draws both Igbos and non-Igbo to the igboland and disseminate the Igbo culture to the world.\n\nIf you visit Nigeria during the second half of the year,<br> Don't forget to partake in New YAM FESTIVAL.\n![images (9).jpg (https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124787\/yki9rtmkytpvjieucyj5.jpg)\n\n[Photo Credit (www.googl.com \n\n\n\n\n*My Name is Penking*",<br>"json_metadata":" \"community\":\"busy\",<br>\"app\":\"busy\/2.4.0\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\",<br>\"tags\":[\"culture\",<br>\"tradition\",<br>\"feast\",<br>\"nigeria\",<br>\"africa\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/0x0\/https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124464\/ppjqm3wos1rtsuc4coti.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/0x0\/https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124483\/svuwcbffweyhrjf7keeh.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/0x0\/https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124519\/ogyvnwoup7o5nsifduac.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/0x0\/https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124544\/zt18h92lhhmwvyysf9aa.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/0x0\/https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hpiynhbhq\/image\/upload\/v1521124787\/yki9rtmkytpvjieucyj5.jpg\" " | | vote | "voter":"penking",
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