Ohuhu clan flags off 2021 new yam festival in Abia

The Ohuhu clan in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, at the weekend flagged off its 2021 new yam festival in Umuakabia Okaiuga.

Speaking during the brief ceremony held on Saturday, the Chairman, Ohuhu Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Nnamdi Ofoegbu of Umudiawa Autonomous Community, explained that the ceremony was to flag-off the annual ceremony, after which the traditional rulers would do theirs and subsequently, the 21 individual autonomous communities in the clan who would do theirs on their chosen market days.

“We are here to declare open this year’s iri ji (new yam) festival. This year’s harvest will be the best. It I a thing of joy,” he said and thanked God for the 21 communities in the clan, urging all of them to keep the culture of Ohuhu forefathers.

According to Eze Paul Uhuegbu of Okaiuga Nkwoegwu Autonomous Community all communities in the world that observed their culture are doing well in the areas of science and technology, especially those that maintained their language like India, China, and Russia, urging for the need to maintain the culture of Ohuhuland, including the new yam festival.

While the traditional ruler of Oriendu Autonomous Community, Eze Philip Ajomiwe, described the new yam festival as one supported by God and celebrated by Ohuhu people to thank  God for bountiful harvest, the host traditional ruler of Umukabia Okaiuga Alike, Eze Sir Uzo Nwosu, said the communities do not joke with traditions, adding “we used this to set example.”

According to the traditional ruler, having done this to thank God, “next year celebration will be better for us.”

The occasion was marked by symbolic cutting and eating of yam by the traditional rulers and the people.

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