NEW YAM FESTIVAL SEASON IN NIGERIA

NEW YAM FESTIVAL SEASON IN NIGERIA - ORIGIN AND DATE

This is the biggest yam for the New Yam Festival happening in Nanka, a small town before Ekwulobia, in Anambra state. My cousin sent this image and I decided to share it. She attended the festival which happened yesterday, August 15th 2020.

Usually, the town celebrates the festival after Igwe Godwin Ogochukwu Ezekunie Obu Nanka but because of COVID 19, there won't be any big ceremony.

What is the New Yam Festival? The New Yam Festival is a Nigerian annual cultural festival by the Igbo people held in August.

The New Yam Festival is a celebration representing the prominence of yam in the life of Igbo people. The evening before the day of the festival, all old yams are disposed of or consumed. Only dishes of yam are served during the festival. The celebration lasts a whole day and some other places, it may last a week or more. New Yam festival is also celebrated in Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Delta and Imo state. The festival is an important way of marking the beginning and end of the farming season in Nigeria. It is considered taboo to eat the newly harvested yam before the celebration. This means the event must precede the eating of new yam.

Why is the festival so important? Yam is a crucial staple in Igbo diet. The number of yams a man successfully grows indicates his wealth and rank in society. The cultivation of yam is associated with masculinity.

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