The Ekpo Masquerade drummers
Ekpo Society
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Ekpo (Ghost) bụ ụdị nka ọdịbendị nke sitere na ndị Efik, Ibibio na Annang na Cross River / Akwa Ibom na Southern Niajịrịa. Mpaghara ndị gbara ya gburugburu nabatakwara omume ahụ, ya bụ Arochukwu na Ohafia (Abia steeti) n'oge mgbasawanye nke Aro-Kingdom.[1][2][3]

Akụkọ ihe mere eme

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Ekpo otu ihe ahụ pụtara dị ka Ekpe, Okpo-owo ma ọ bụ Akpo-owo dị ka ndị Efik, Ibibio na Annang na-akpọ ya na-akọwa ya dị ka mmadụ na-adịghị ndụ ma ọ bụ mkpụrụ obi nwụrụ anwụ nke na-abịa n'ala nke ndị dị ndụ.[4]

Na Akwa Ibom Ekpo Masquerades na-eme ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ obodo ya niile karịsịa n'oge mmeme ya na Ikot Ekpene, Etim Ekpo, Oruk Anam na Abak yana Eket na ebe ndị ọzọ n'ala Ibibio.[5]

Na narị afọ nke 21

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Ekpo ihu ihu ihu

N'ihi ọbịbịa nke Iso Ụzọ Kraịst na mmepeanya nke oge a, a naghịzi ele Ekpo Masquerade anya dị ka mkpụrụ obi nwụrụ anwụ nke na-alaghachi n'ala nke ndị dị ndụ, kama a maara ya ugbu a dị ka uwe ụmụ mmadụ dị ndụ na-eyi ma a na-ewere ya dị ka akụkụ dị mkpa nke ọdịbendị na ihe nketa nke ndị mmadụ.[6]

Hụkwa

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  • Ekpo Nka-Owo

Ebensidee

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  1. Ekpo Ibibio (en-GB). Modish Project Blogs. Retrieved on 2017-09-22.
  2. Ekpo Annang. Naijaperminute's Blog. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved on 2017-09-22.
  3. "Curses as Ekpo spirits bury dead masquerade in A’Ibom - Vanguard News", Vanguard News, 2018-01-23. Retrieved on 2018-04-24. (in en-US)
  4. Pictures Of Ekpo From Akwa Ibom State (en-GB). Wetinhappen Magazine. Retrieved on 2017-09-23.
  5. Ekpo Festival. Betatalk - Blogs. Archived from the original on 2017-09-24. Retrieved on 2017-09-23.
  6. Impact of Christianity on the Culture of AkwaIbom People (en-US). KmacIMS | Education Annex (2019-05-13). Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved on 2019-09-27.