I love this Opobo people with passion, upon all the oppression they are still holding on, few days back I came across a post about their new yam and corn festival. Since the new Nigeria, if Isesse is practiced in Illorin that means it is Yoruba land but if it is not practiced that means it is questionable.

So now the new yam festival is practiced in Opobo even when they hardly cultivate yam, as a riverine community their occupation is tied to the water. For the sake of peace I would like to look at Opobo as distinct people and say Wow they share this culture with the Igbos.

The culture forbids the eating of yam or corn especially when the ritual is not performed however just like AlaIgbo, this ritual is not ussually enforced but mostly voluntary, why do I have to stress this part, because some individuals were attacking the Opobians on Facebook asking them why celebrate a festival they don't practice; why not fishing festival instead, some accuse them of not even cultivating yam in Opobo but that's not the issue, heritage is very important.

So what's the essence of this thread?

Ikaeniyan0:
So what's the essence of this thread?

Essence of the thread is celebrating Opobo culture and also reminding that if Ilorin have to be Yorubaland it ought to allow Issese

OP
Try get the pictures of the New Yam festival...even video if available!

Those Opobians are descendants of main land Igbos.

Ikaeniyan0:
So what's the essence of this thread?

Stop crying Agbado after all you are true Ika eniyan buruku

Karlman:
OP
Try get the pictures of the New Yam festival...even video if available!

You want to kill those Agbado hate filled miscreants here

Wahabfuture:





You want to kill those Agbado hate filled miscreants here

Not really!
And not like I care about how anyone would feel either!

I just wanna enjoy the cultural heritage!

Wahabfuture:




Stop crying Agbado after all you are true Ika eniyan buruku

What are you talking about?

AlexBells:
Essence of the thread is celebrating Opobo culture and also reminding that if Ilorin have to be Yorubaland it ought to allow Issese

You create a thread wey no get head or tail, I ask you what the essence of the thread is, you're writing something else again

Are you high or just drunk?

Ikaeniyan0:
You create a thread wey no get head or tail, I ask you what the essence of the thread is, you're writing something else again

Are you high or just drunk?

the joke is on you, if it no make sense for you why hot jump and pass, do I owe you sense, it makes sense for me and a host of others, you are irrelevant whatsoever to the discuss at hand

AlexBells:
the joke is on you, if it no make sense for you why hot jump and pass, do I owe you sense, it makes sense for me and a host of others, you are irrelevant whatsoever to the discuss at hand

A lot of you people on Nairaland are fraustrated

Ikaeniyan0:


A lot of you people on Nairaland are fraustrated

Na so Mr. Un-frustrated, over 67% of Nigerians are currently fraustrated

AlexBells:
Na so Mr. Un-frustrated, over 67% of Nigerians are currently fraustrated

No wander you fraustrated people are creating senseless thread on Nairaland.

Ikaeniyan0:
What are you talking about?

Omo Ika nie

Ikaeniyan0:
No wander you fraustrated people are creating senseless thread on Nairaland.

Skull miner get out of this place now or else

Wahabfuture:





Skull miner get out of this place now or else

... or else I will mine your skull

Ikaeniyan0:
... or else I will mine your skull

Yea we know. That’s why we’re telling you early to get out of this thread before your primal instincts kick in

Ikaeniyan0:
... or else I will mine your skull

You can't mine my skull because I don't live in Yoruba land ...... the headquarter of skull mining Industries, Go mine Tinubu skull

You no dey plant yam, yet you dey celebrate Yam festival....you're obviously acknowledging your Igbo ancestry.

Make South South continue lying to themselves because of oil.

We celebrate nu yam in Ondo State. And it's usually on a Saturday. Bountiful harvest

bhella10:
We celebrate nu yam in Ondo State. And it's usually on a Saturday. Bountiful harvest

Borrowing a culture is not bad however the main people notable for new yam festival is as clear as day, that's the point. It is not something done in Ijawland they would rather do fishing festival. We don't have territorial issues with Yorubas

AlexBells:
Borrowing a culture is not bad however the main people notable for new yam festival is as clear as day, that's the point. It is not something done in Ijawland they would rather do fishing festival. We don't have territorial issues with Yorubas

Celebrating harvest is not a borrowed culture. It's human. It's as old as human. For example here, when a hunter kills a warthog or bush pig 🐖 for the first time he celebrates. same applies to fish 🎏

bhella10:
Celebrating harvest is not a borrowed culture. It's human. It's as old as human. For example here, when a hunter kills a warthog or bush pig 🐖 for the first time he celebrates. same applies to fish 🎏

talking for talking sake, what is culture please, you may need to consult an elementary school social study book to understand the meaning of culture, I don't like wasting my time on people who deliberately chose to be ignorant, if you celebrate killing your first game in your community, if it is passed on through generation it becomes a culture. Human is a social being so culture is human nature, it can be passed on especially with proximity, now the question is why do Opobo share the culture with mainland Igbos?

AlexBells:
talking for talking sake, what is culture please, you may need to consult an elementary school social study book to understand the meaning of culture, I don't like wasting my time on people who deliberately chose to be ignorant, if you celebrate killing your first game in your community, if it is passed on through generation it becomes a culture. Human is a social being so culture is human nature, it can be passed on especially with proximity, now the question is why do Opobo share the culture with mainland Igbos?

Well now I see your point. But I'm sorry I can't help you with that. OG no dey shout!

Yoruba Ronu people won’t like this.😜

Maybe they will consider dispatching Asari Dokubo to Opobo to go and attack them.

Thank you Opobo people for making sure that the young generation of Opobo are taught their heritage.