Igbo calendar
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igbo-calendar-189-17112792
title:
Igbo calendar
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The Igbo calendar is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months in a year (Afọ), 7 weeks in a month (Ọnwa), and 4 days of Igbo market days in a week (Izu) plus an extra day at the end of the year, in the last month. The name of these months was reported by Onwuejeogwu (1981). Although worship and spirit-honoring were a very big part in the creation and development of the Igbo calendar system, commerce also played a major role in creati
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Traditional calendar of the Igbo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_calendar
date created:
2008-08-18T18:52:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:05:04Z
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