It was jubilation and excitement for Umu Aro at home and in the Diaspora on the 22nd of September 2019 as they celebrated Ikeji Arochukwu festival with friends, neighbors and well-wishers. Umu Aro from all walks of life stormed the venue, Amaikpe Square, in great numbers to participate in the grand finale of Ikeji Arochukwu […]
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In the next two weeks or thereabout, Arochukwu kingdom shall, once more, be thrown into a historic fun and glamour blitz which, in the last three years, characterized the zenith of its new yam festival, the ekekpe Arochukwu. As the Chair, 2019 Ikeji Organizing Committee, a role which I also played in 2018, I deem
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The Ikeji is the yam festival celebrated to mark the end of an old year. The Aro celebrate Ikeji in the month that coincides with the Gregorian month of September, although in some years the celebration time-table spills over into early October. The end of Ikeji does not necessarily mark the beginning of another farming
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On behalf of His Royal Majesty, Mazi Ogbonnaya Okoro, CFR, the EzeAro of Arochukwu Kingdom, Ndi EzeOgo, the President-General, Nzuko Arochukwu World-wide, the National Executive Committee, Villages, Sponsors (corporate and individuals) and the entire Arochukwu community, it’s my privilege to welcome you to 2018 Ikeji festival and Ekekpe Arochukwu. The current leadership of Nzuko Arochukwu
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Telecommunication giants, MTN, staged a remarkable comeback as sponsors of the 2016 Ikeji Arochukwu. The company returned after a five-year absence from the event. The Ikeji 2016 planning committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, left no one in doubt about its desire to showcase an epochal event. The team swung into action
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Ikeji Aro 2016 has been rated as the best by the Arochukwu traditional council in the last 40 years history of the cultural festival. The rating was based on quality of attendance, concept and content development of the event, organization, diversity, originality of cultural dances, quality of entertainment and other considerations. The 19 Villages in
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The origin of Ikeji Festival in Arochukwu is as old as the history of the Kingdom. The festival marks the end of the farming season, arrival of harvest, and beginning of a new season. The Ikeji Calendar is determined by the Arochukwu traditional council (OKPANKPO Aro) under the leadership of his Majesty the Eze Aro.
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The development process for a nation should be total: it should embrace the growth and progress of that nation for physical, moral, intellectual, cultural, political and economic well-being of all its citizens. In this process of development, cultural festivals therefore have a significant role to play. From time immemorial, they have served as means of
Ikeji Aro is a yam festival celebrated annually to mark the harvest of new yam in Aro. Aro celebrate the festival in the month of September, at times the celebration crows into early months of October. The end of Ikeji does not mark the beginning of another farming season, as it opens a recess that leads into
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