Eket people

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The Eket people are a coastal ethnic group of Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State, known for their rich cultural traditions, oil-producing homeland, and close linguistic and historical ties to the Ibibio.

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Eket people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
alternateName Ekid
Ekid people NERFINISHED
areCoastalPeople true
areMinorityGroupInNigeria true
areOilProducingPeople true
arePartOf Ibibio-Efik cluster
surface form: Ibibio-Efik ethnic cluster

Lower Cross River peoples
climate tropical rainforest
closelyRelatedTo Ibibio people
continent Africa
country Nigeria
countrySubdivision South South Nigeria
culturalPractice ancestor veneration
masquerade traditions
traditional festivals
culturalRegion Ibibio cultural area
haveClanSystem true
historicalRelation Ibibio people
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo languages
linguisticRelation Ibibio language
liveIn coastal lowlands
creek areas
riverine settlements
localGovernmentAreaNamedAfter Eket
locatedInOilProducingRegion true
mainEconomicActivity fishing
petroleum industry
subsistence agriculture
practice age-grade system
primaryLocation Akwa Ibom State NERFINISHED
region Niger Delta
religion Christianity
traditional African religion
speak Eket language
Eket language
surface form: Ekid language
stateInNigeria Akwa Ibom State NERFINISHED
traditionalArtForm mask making
wood carving
traditionalDance communal dances
traditionalMusic choral singing
drumming
traditionalOccupation farming
fishing
trading
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village councils of elders
useWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Ibibio people relatedEthnicGroup Eket people