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THE OBIUKWU

 

IT IS THE CENTRAL OBI  LINKING ALL THE MINOR OBI'S WITH THEIR ANCESSTORS AND THE REST OF THE CLAN.IT REPRESENTS CONTINUITY OF RULERSHIP. IT'S A PLACE OF IMPORTANCE IN THE AMANFO'S DYNASTY AND SPIRITUALISM. IN THOSE DAYS ANY MAN WHO RAN TO THE OBIUKWU FOR SAFETY WAS PROTECTED AND SAFE BECAUSE THERE WERE NO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OR THE POLICE, THEN.

 

THE  UFǪ:

THE UFǪ IS THE INNERMOST PART OF THE OBIUKWU .IT GOES WITH OGU, ǪFǪ AND ǪZǪ. THE UFǪ IS SACRED AND HAS SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE. IT IS A  SPIRITUAL HIGH PLACE AND CANNOT BE DESECRATED BY ANYONE. 

 

THE ISI NWANKPI EKWEONWU:

 

THIS IS A PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE OBIUKWU WHERE DURUOKPALANNE(AMANFO) EATS THE NEW YAM. NO ENTRY INTO THIS SECTION TO STRANGERS  EXCEPT AMANFO'S DIRECT CHILDREN WHEN THE NEWYAM FESTIVAL IS PERFORMED.

 

THE OBI AND ǪFǪ REPRESENTED THE SYMBOLS OF ANCESSTRAL POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE AMANFO DYNASTY..

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