Do You Know That In The Traditional Igbo Calendar A Week, A Month Has 28 Days And There Are 13 Months A Year, See Others

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In the traditional Igbo calendar a week (Igbo: Izu) has 4 days (Igbo: Ubochi) (Eke, Orie, Afọr, Nkwọ), seven weeks make one month (Igbo: Ọnwa), a month has 28 days and there are 13 months a year. In the last month, an extra day is added. The traditional time keepers in Igboland are the priests or Dibia.

In Ogidi, the third day of the week is Afor. The names” 𝗢𝗸𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿” and ‘’𝗡𝘄𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿” were historically given to men born on this day, however in communities in southern Igboland, the variant ‘’𝗢𝗸𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿” is also common. Women were given the name ‘’𝗠𝗴𝗯𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿””.

■ Afor is the day when one typically begins selling goods in the market. The goods are taken from their storage place and set up in stands at a common market<<Continue Reading>>>