LEBOKU FESTIVAL TIMETABLE OF EVENTS FOR 2023 LEBOKU ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Leboku Festival is the annual New Yam Festival celebrated in Ugep and other villages in the Yakurr Local Government Area in Cross River State, Nigeria in honor of the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the land in Ugep, one of the five settlements of Yakurr.
The Leboku Festival which is also known as the “Ugep International New Yam Festival” is celebrated by the Ugep people annually. The festival last for about four weeks starting from the first week of August to the first Week of September. The four weeks festival is the culmination of many events: the beginning of the yam harvest, a time to appease the gods and ancestors, a public parade of engaged maidens, a commemoration of events that led to the migration from the Yakurr ancestral home to the present site, a period of holiday in the Yakurr traditional calendar, etc. Click Here For Full Details about the Leboku Festival.
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2023 LEBOKU FESTIVAL TIMETABLE AND ORDER OF EVENTS
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2023 LEBOKU FESTIVAL TIMETABLE AND ORDER OF EVENTS
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