Oriri Njoku Ọha

Oriri Njoku Oha is tracable to the family of Uzoechi Eneka of the now-extinct Ugwu-oge clan. Before now, his only descendants held the exclusive right to perform these holy sacrifices. Before his passing, Uzoechi Eneka entrusted his eldest daughter (settled in Umu-agu), her sister in Eziama, and his friend Enukwu Udu in Ogba to jointly execute the Njoku Ọha rites and share in its bounty.

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Iwaji Uwae

In Mgbidi (Uwae), Enugu State New Yam Festival comes up in the seventh month of the ancestral calendar. Ezioha and Ifite (Ezinifite) who were popularly known as Mgbidi are the first to do their own Iwaji on the third ancestral week (i.e the 12th day). After four days that they held their own, Amorji will celebrate theirs, then followed by Ezinese and Ezineri who will hold theirs the same day in their various locations on the fifth week of the ancestral calendar. Ezineri in this regard comprises of Amorji, Eziama, Ududa, Enugwuife and Ogwumgbidi.

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