New Yam Festival

E82543
Igbo cultural festival festival harvest festival

The New Yam Festival is a major annual harvest celebration among Igbo and other Eastern Nigerian communities, marked by thanksgiving rites, feasting, and traditional performances to honor the yam as a staple and symbol of prosperity.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
New Yam Festival canonical 10
Leboku New Yam Festival 2
New Yam festival 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Igbo cultural festival ⓘ
festival ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ
associatedWith yam ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Idoma ⓘ
Igbo ⓘ
Tiv ⓘ
Yoruba communities in some areas ⓘ
celebratedBy Igbo people ⓘ
celebratedIn Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalSignificance affirms respect for land and ancestors ⓘ
marks the beginning of the new harvest year ⓘ
reinforces community bonds ⓘ
featuresActivity drumming ⓘ
feasting ⓘ
masquerade performances ⓘ
music ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
ritual sacrifices ⓘ
thanksgiving rites ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
featuresFood pounded yam ⓘ
roasted yam ⓘ
yam porridge ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Iri Ji ⓘ
Iri Ji ⓘ
surface form: Iwa Ji

Idoma people ⓘ
surface form: Orureshi (among Idoma)
hasCulturalElement age-grade processions ⓘ
chieftaincy displays ⓘ
traditional attire ⓘ
hasRitual first yam is eaten by the community leader ⓘ
first yam is offered to deities or ancestors ⓘ
old yams are discarded before eating new yams ⓘ
hasTheme harvest ⓘ
renewal ⓘ
thanksgiving ⓘ
honors yam ⓘ
mainStapleHonored yam ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
religiousAspect Christian thanksgiving practices ⓘ
traditional Igbo religion ⓘ
symbolizes abundance ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ
timeOfYear around August ⓘ
around September ⓘ
end of rainy season ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Nigeria → culturalPractice → New Yam Festival ⓘ
Igbo → culturalFestival → New Yam Festival ⓘ
Akwa Ibom State → hasCulturalFestival → New Yam Festival ⓘ
Cross River State → hasNotableEvent → New Yam Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leboku New Yam Festival
South East geopolitical zone → hasCulturalFestival → New Yam Festival ⓘ
Ikwuano → hasTraditionalFestival → New Yam Festival ⓘ
Ezinihitte Mbaise → hasCulturalPractice → New Yam Festival ⓘ
Ugep → knownFor → New Yam Festival ⓘ
Ugep → hasFestival → New Yam Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leboku New Yam Festival
Iri Ji → alsoKnownAs → New Yam Festival ⓘ
Yakurr → hasCulturalHeritage → New Yam Festival ⓘ
Owo → hasFestival → New Yam Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Yam festival
Ebira → traditionalFestival → New Yam Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Yam festival
Igboland → traditionalFestival → New Yam Festival ⓘ