The annual Igu Aro ceremony was the high point of Nri administration. The Eze Nri announced the new year, regulated the lunar calendar and distributed sacred yam seed (ogwu ji), symbolically controlling the agricultural cycle of a wide region.
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The Igu Aro festival
The festival that opened the year, and the yam that crowned it.
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