Esan

E292498

ethnic group

Esan are a major ethnic group in southern Nigeria known for their rich cultural heritage, language, and historical kingdoms within present-day Edo State.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Esanland	5
Esan canonical	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName	Ishan ⓘ
capitalRegion	Esan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Esanland
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
cuisine	egusi soup ⓘ okro soup ⓘ pepper soup ⓘ pounded yam ⓘ
culturalPractice	age-grade system ⓘ masquerade festivals ⓘ traditional marriage rites ⓘ traditional title systems ⓘ yam festivals ⓘ
dance	traditional dances ⓘ
ethnonym	Esan people ⓘ
historicalRelation	Kingdom of Benin ⓘ surface form: Benin Empire
language	Esan language ⓘ
languageFamily	Edoid languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
music	folk songs ⓘ traditional drumming ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Auchi ⓘ Bini ⓘ Etsako ⓘ Igbo ⓘ Urhobo ⓘ
notableTown	Ekpoma ⓘ Ewu ⓘ Igueben ⓘ Irrua ⓘ Ubiaja ⓘ Uromi ⓘ
oralTradition	folktales ⓘ praise poetry ⓘ proverbs ⓘ
partOf	Edo people ⓘ surface form: Edo peoples
populationCountry	Nigeria ⓘ
primaryLocation	Edo State ⓘ
region	Southern Nigeria ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Esan traditional religion ⓘ Islam ⓘ
stateInNigeria	Edo State ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	blacksmithing ⓘ farming ⓘ palm produce ⓘ weaving ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Esan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Esanland
traditionalReligion	ancestor veneration ⓘ worship of Osanobua ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle	Onojie ⓘ
traditionalState	Amahor ⓘ Ekpoma ⓘ Emu ⓘ Esan kingdoms ⓘ Ewohimi ⓘ surface form: Ewatto Ewohimi ⓘ Ewohimi kingdom ⓘ Ewu ⓘ Igueben ⓘ Irrua ⓘ Egun ⓘ surface form: Ohordua Okhuesan ⓘ Opoji ⓘ Ubiaja ⓘ Ugbegun ⓘ Ugun ⓘ Uromi ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script