Each of these days has a special significance.

Eke is the day when livestock are purchased at various Eke markets.

Orie is the day of slaughter and feasting.

Afor is the day of more merriment and masquerade displays.

And Nkwo is the carnival day when all new, old and ceremonial masquerades assemble at the central arena.

Tutus does it stand for the whole igboland?i seriously doubt so
Theres Eke-Ukwu Owere
Afor Umuaka
Orie-Chineke,Amaigbo
Nkwo Okija
so i think it does not represent the whole igbo land.it varies from place to place.
Btw,u can try and reduce the number of new threads u create,u can actually bring them all together rather than starting new ones

i think it varies not 2 sure.
we get to find out soon.
surely will get my threads together nest time .
thanx.

Are those days in the right order?

Find out.
Orie-Chineke is the bomb for vegetables and akpu in the whole of that axis.IMHO
Long life Oriegod,poor nursing-students haven  

ezeagu:

Are those days in the right order?

Yes,Tutus own is.

ifyalways:

Afor Umuaka

Ify you always mention this market, is their any thing special with the market?

Always mention it where?u no go see/hear wetin u wan hear from me
Ur plan don fail kpata kpata.

ifyalways:

Always mention it where?u no go see/hear wetin u wan hear from me
Ur plan don fail kpata kpata.

Ify abeg tell me naw, u no say i be urs abi i no be ? abi make we YIM?

A gam agwa gi na A-line Yim
gerrrrrrrrrrout jor.

ifyalways:

A gam agwa gi na A-line Yim
gerrrrrrrrrrout jor.

Like say old men no dey ur village e-kwa.
Make we talk jare.
Bia onwere ihe nchoro i'gwa gi, achoghi m ka Ikomi mara ihe owu.
Just gossip kajara akaja.

Eehhh ; ifyalways where are you from?
Eke-ukwu owere , afor umuaka
ohh , Nostalgia!!!!!!
I cant take this distance anymore!!

About the topic ; not sure what the market days signify sha

They are the days of the week in igbo land.And how our ancestors came up with that as regards planetary calculation and observations in comparison with today's oyinbo gregorian calculation is what we should be talking about.

We've lost all traces of our past and it is catastrophic,without understanding the past,the present and the future will always be foggy

Hackey i bu onye Njaba/Isu/Nkwerre?a garam akwukwo dat side
@Presido,ole nnenne?

redsun:

They are the days of the week in igbo land.And how our ancestors came up with that as regards planetary calculation and observations in comparison with today's oyinbo gregorian calculation is what we should be talking about.

We've lost all traces of our past and it is catastrophic,without understanding the past,the present and the future will always be foggy

True oo
Does anyone know how they came up with those names?i doubt

Compare to how oyinbos and people of other serious races cling to their past,ours is a like a child's play.

The only past history we are conversant with seems to be jesus and mohamad and they are  the greatest weapons the invaders use to desimate blackman,worst than any military arsenal.

Lose your history,culture,language,religion,then u lose ur soul.The evidence of lost souls can be clearly seen in africa today.

@ifyalways
It was during the reign of Eze Nrijiofor I 1300-1390AD, the fifth Eze Nri in the line of succession. One day during his reign, four strangers came to visit him at his palace. When they arrived, these four wise men or ‘magi’ pretended to be deaf and dumb. They did not say their names or their mission to Nri. Each of them carried ‘nkata’-basket known as “Abuokpa”.

They were taken to the visitors’ room by the king’s servant-‘Adama’. Later in the evening, the Eze went to see them, but they did not greet the Eze and did not acknowledge his greetings. ‘Oji’-kolanut was presented to them but they did not say anything.

Later at night, they were shown where to sleep. In the middle of the night, the Eze’s soothsayers sent a rat to disturb them. When the rat went to the first basket that belonged to ‘eke’ and started to nibble at it, ‘oye’ woke up and said “‘eke’ wake up”. When he answered him; ‘oye’ told ‘eke’ that a rat was trying to get to his basket. Eke woke up and the rat ran away. After a while, the rat repeated the same trick on the remaining baskets, and in the same manner, all of them revealed each other’s names.

In the morning, the Eze went to the strangers’ room to greet them and to perform the ‘oji ututu’-morning kola nut rituals. The Adama broke the kola nuts and the king called each of the visitors by their names-‘eke’ ‘oye’ ‘afo’ and ‘nkwo’. The visitors which were referred to as ‘o bialu ije ekwu okwu’-visitors that do not talk, were astonished when they heard their names being mentioned by the Eze.

They asked for water to wash their hands and faces; and took the kola nuts that were presented to them. After chewing the kola nuts, they gave the King ite ano-four earthen pots and directed him to keep the pots in front of the Nri Menri shrine outside the ‘obu’-palace, with each pots facing the sun. ‘Eke’ who was their spokesman, told the Eze that the first pot was owned by him, ‘eke’, the second one by ‘oye’ the third by ‘afor’ and the last by ‘nkwo’. He told the Eze that the four pots were sent down from ‘Chukwu’-God Almighty. He instructed the Eze that he and his people whom he ruled should be observing those names daily as market days, during which they should be buying and selling. These market days are used in Igboland to count the native weeks-‘izu’, months-‘onwa; and year-‘aro’. Therefore, Eke, Oye, Afor and Nkwo (four market days) make one ‘izu’-week. He also instructed him that the first name that should be given to their male children should commence with ‘eke’, then ‘oye’, ‘afo’ and ‘nkwo’. That is why we have igbo names as Okeke or Nweke, Okoye or Nwoye, Okafor or Nwafor, and Okonkwo or Nwankwo. In the same order, female children should be given “Mgbeke", "Mgboye", "Mgbafor" and "Mgbankwo". The message was preached throughout Igbo land by spiritual priests of Nri and they set up market squares in Igbo land.

The four strangers later told the Eze that they were messengers from God. Some foods were prepared for them but they did not eat them. In the noon, these magi of Igbo land disappeared from the Eze Nri palace like angels. The news spread throughout Igbo land and far west and north where it was observed to this day. Edo, Ogoja, Igala-Onoja, and Calabar peoples observe these market days in their lands, though they gave it different names to suit their dialects.

@Ifyalways
From today your name is mgbonkwo according to stamma.
Accepted?

Igbos and story!!!!!!!!!!

A good piece from Stamma.In my place Eke is observe as big market day where nobody is allowed to go to the farm for fear of the wraths gods,just like christian sabbath day,sunday.Farm work is strictly forbidden on Eke day in my place,it is a day of commerce and resting.

@Stamma,i mela.dalu.Nkowa gi jurum afo nke ukwu.
@OLabukola,wetin i do u?lol,which ones be Mgbonkwo?.

ifyalways nno ooo! nwanyie oma oga diri gị na mma.
obi dimuuto nke ukwu na ihe m koro juru gi afo.

Actually they are all MARKET days.

@Stamma,dikwara gi onwe gi na nma.

ha nile abuchagi otu

Those are four market days making four days that make igbo weeks and those days are also names of gods that represents also the four cardinal points.

The four market days represent to four wives of sons of ERI.
1.Aguleri-married EKE.Her grave still exist and marked at Eke market square Enugwu Aguleri.That is why Aguleri people dont go to war in Eke days,rather defense.
2.Atta-the second son marries Afor.That is why igala people also dont go to war on Afor days and so forth.
3.Oba-the third son married Nkwo
4.Menri-the last born married Oye.

stamma:
@ifyalways
It was during the reign of Eze Nrijiofor I 1300-1390AD, the fifth Eze Nri in the line of succession. One day during his reign, four strangers came to visit him at his palace. When they arrived, these four wise men or ‘magi’ pretended to be deaf and dumb. They did not say their names or their mission to Nri. Each of them carried ‘nkata’-basket known as “Abuokpa”.

They were taken to the visitors’ room by the king’s servant-‘Adama’. Later in the evening, the Eze went to see them, but they did not greet the Eze and did not acknowledge his greetings. ‘Oji’-kolanut was presented to them but they did not say anything.

Later at night, they were shown where to sleep. In the middle of the night, the Eze’s soothsayers sent a rat to disturb them. When the rat went to the first basket that belonged to ‘eke’ and started to nibble at it, ‘oye’ woke up and said “‘eke’ wake up”. When he answered him; ‘oye’ told ‘eke’ that a rat was trying to get to his basket. Eke woke up and the rat ran away. After a while, the rat repeated the same trick on the remaining baskets, and in the same manner, all of them revealed each other’s names.

In the morning, the Eze went to the strangers’ room to greet them and to perform the ‘oji ututu’-morning kola nut rituals. The Adama broke the kola nuts and the king called each of the visitors by their names-‘eke’ ‘oye’ ‘afo’ and ‘nkwo’. The visitors which were referred to as ‘o bialu ije ekwu okwu’-visitors that do not talk, were astonished when they heard their names being mentioned by the Eze.

They asked for water to wash their hands and faces; and took the kola nuts that were presented to them. After chewing the kola nuts, they gave the King ite ano-four earthen pots and directed him to keep the pots in front of the Nri Menri shrine outside the ‘obu’-palace, with each pots facing the sun. ‘Eke’ who was their spokesman, told the Eze that the first pot was owned by him, ‘eke’, the second one by ‘oye’ the third by ‘afor’ and the last by ‘nkwo’. He told the Eze that the four pots were sent down from ‘Chukwu’-God Almighty. He instructed the Eze that he and his people whom he ruled should be observing those names daily as market days, during which they should be buying and selling. These market days are used in Igboland to count the native weeks-‘izu’, months-‘onwa; and year-‘aro’. Therefore, Eke, Oye, Afor and Nkwo (four market days) make one ‘izu’-week. He also instructed him that the first name that should be given to their male children should commence with ‘eke’, then ‘oye’, ‘afo’ and ‘nkwo’. That is why we have igbo names as Okeke or Nweke, Okoye or Nwoye, Okafor or Nwafor, and Okonkwo or Nwankwo. In the same order, female children should be given “Mgbeke", "Mgboye", "Mgbafor" and "Mgbankwo". The message was preached throughout Igbo land by spiritual priests of Nri and they set up market squares in Igbo land.

The four strangers later told the Eze that they were messengers from God. Some foods were prepared for them but they did not eat them. In the noon, these magi of Igbo land disappeared from the Eze Nri palace like angels. The news spread throughout Igbo land and far west and north where it was observed to this day. Edo, Ogoja, Igala-Onoja, and Calabar peoples observe these market days in their lands, though they gave it different names to suit their dialects.

In the story the days are women

K3NGSL27:
The four market days represent to four wives of sons of ERI.
1.Aguleri-married EKE.Her grave still exist and marked at Eke market square Enugwu Aguleri.That is why Aguleri people dont go to war in Eke days,rather defense.
2.Atta-the second son marries Afor.That is why igala people also dont go to war on Afor days and so forth.
3.Oba-the third son married Nkwo
4.Menri-the last born married Oye.

nope

We need to retell our tells if not no one else will..Nice one OP


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86gQfc1h50A

ifyalways:
Tutus does it stand for the whole igboland?i seriously doubt so
Theres Eke-Ukwu Owere
Afor Umuaka
Orie-Chineke,Amaigbo
Nkwo Okija
so i think it does not represent the whole igbo land.it varies from place to place.
Btw,u can try and reduce the number of new threads u create,u can actually bring them all together rather than starting new ones

Nothing like orie chineke.


Is was like this in thee olden days become the white came.

WHY DO YOU HAVE A SPIRITUAL HUSBAND OR WIFE :the truth none has told you

Some people while in a prayer houses will be informed they are been disturbed by a spiritual wife or husband. Haven heard about it, he and the pastor would rush into conclusion calling it an evil spirit. Next is to start abracadabra prayers, casting and loosing to no avail – otu abụghị n’ezi. The pastor will be blowing the microphone making noise like a lunatic, the congregation belief deliverance is taken place: to no avail _ otu abụghị n’ezi.
Kill her, the pastor said.
Let her die and leave.
I asked, how possible? Is it possible I ask?
Can you kill a spirit?
Have you heard or seen where one killed a spirit if not in the church where they kill spirit with mouth and microphone, yet things remains same and sometimes get worse yet?
Now listen, let me teach you wisdom: saying the truth because truth is life _ eziokwu bụ ndụ. This is why it set the captive free. The moment you know the truth. The truth you know must surely set you free.
As a human being, use event as seen in the land of the living to judge event as seen in the spiritual realm.
Sometimes, as it’s here on earth, so it’s in the realm of spirit
As its in the spiritual realms so it’s in the physical plane.
Take for example you see a woman and engaged to her as a young man.
After some while, both of you happen to marry happily. Marriage you must remember comes upon an agreement between two opposite parties. Now, after a while, you travel to another space for a mission, another destination where you now find comfort. If you forget calling to say hi to the wife, how will she feel?
Answer!
What if you are not calling or have lost contact, passion for her and she kept looking after you?
Haven gotten to reach out to you, you pretend not knowing her and denied haven nothing to do with her.
No matter what she does, you kept pushing her away and ignore all signs and signals. What do you expect the woman to do?
Would you not do anything mad if you were in her shoes?
Of course you will!
If you can as a legitimate wife, you are not against the law if you must suffer him anyhow without wasting his life.

This is what happens between those who got married to mariners before earthly visit. Stop been fooled by Christians and their ignorant teachings.
They are spiritual ignorant. All of them whom you call man of God are ofeke in spiritual matters. They are ignorant about spiritual affairs. They are pretenders and deceivers. The reason you must be careful about their false teachings.
They only shout and make noise like lunatic. They only know how to make noise not knowing that our spiritual engagement asked for quietness, peace of mind and solitude. The very moment they should spent with wisdom are given for selfishness. The reason wisdom is far seen from them. They lack truth. They know nothing about spirituality and wisdom.
Pastors are ofeke (fools) when it comes to spiritual matters. They know absolute nothing as e dey happen in the realm of spirits. They know nothing but go on deceiving people. They must pay the prize at the end of it all. It’s written, you shall reap what you sowed. That’s to say, you shall reap deception as a deceiver.
For crying out loud, this people are not deceiving animals. They are deceiving human being.
The image of the gods.
Turning black what nature has made to be white for their selfish interests.
Causing disunity, hatred, disaster between nature and mankind, bridging the gap between spirits and mankind.
Why people suffer today!
They must reap what they sowed at the end of it all.
Wisdom shall judge them!
So what is the remedy?
this is what a spiritualist will help you do. He/she will first engage you on a spiritual consultation to know if truly you are a mariner perhaps the cause of your problems and encounter. Because it’s not necessarily mariners who encounter spiritual wives. A witch can as well manifest herself as a spiritual wife to cause ruin to someone’s life.
Nevertheless, If you are and it happens that you are suffering as a result of spiritual wife/husband, the spiritualist shall consult further, knowing what must be done.
It’s then the wife/husband will have to name his or her prize owing to your position, agreement and periodic in the marine. Hence all mariners doesn’t share same position and agreement are differently. Upon this information, he get to inform you about what to be done. No matter what, it must involve a sacrifice!
We call it marine ritual settlement – ịkwa ibu mmiri nye ndị ọgbọ na uke.
During this sacrifices you have to accept him or her back.
We call it ‘ịkwa ibu udo na abụghị ibu nkewa’ a sacrifice for peace not separation.
When properly done, he/she will assist you in all aspects of life been in union. That’s the reason for sect (i di n’otu ndị mmiri).
Odogwuakataaka: That’s to say if he is good to go. Should he/she is wicked, so jealous. We e plead him or her to accept some things which he refused. If he do, good.
If not, we can then upon ọfọ na ogu talk about separation.
This you must know asked for wisdom hence his/her stubbornness might be as a result of her workforce, duty, services to deliver.
Do you know that these mariners (marine husband and wife’s) are destiny helpers? The very reason they are sometimes filled with jealous and must be treated with caution otherwise one’s life and destiny are placed on danger zone at the cost of services in the name of deliverance. Many are suffering this today!
Know whom you run to at the cost of spiritual matters.

: A spirit such as marine wife/husband might proof stubborn owing to agreement reached before your earthly coming. When we come across such like spirit person’s, we plead with him /her to allow you enjoy your earthly life as you wish. Remember, all these are done upon agreement, I as a priest stand to negotiate this as a third party upon ritual sacrifices. It’s not a thing we do by force as seen in the churches. Shouting with a microphone to draw attention of the people, proving how much we can speak in tongues and grammars. It’s never done that way for your safety, success, happiness and longevity.
Because it’s not all about today but tomorrow: the case must be handled with care.
This is the very reason igbo adage says ‘oké dibịa gbaa àjà, ọ dịka ewere nyee ndị mmụọ n’aka’ when a great/experienced priest performed ritual exercise, it looks like the items was given hand to hand to the spirits.
The result remains positive, settling all matters and causing light on one’s path.

If you must work on spiritual ignorance to disintegrate what shouldn’t be disintegrated, the subject (human) must suffer the penalty.
One true information people lack in spiritual matters remains the fact that spirits are not at lost (loosing end) in any matter as it involve humanity. The reason you must be careful and stop playing with your spiritual life.
Haven known these, I have to state it finally that spiritual husband and wife are not evil.
If they are, that’s to say you are evil also hence you are a mariner. If you are not a mariner, you can’t get married to a mariner as a wife or husband. The difference between you and him /her is only that you had the opportunity to exist on earth as a human being after pre-existence as a mariner in waters.
The lineage continues as you bear forth children on earth: especially, a case whereby you are a mariner and your earthly husband/wife is also a mariner, all your earthly children shall be mariners.
It’s divine
It’s a nature mandate!
It’s written and can’t be changed.
You can’t change what nature has caused to be neither will you condemn it.
Who are you to judge?
Do you judge upon wisdom or ignorant?
Who are you to condemned what nature has made to be?
How many years do you have to exist here on earth?
How many years do you think these matter have lasted, involving billions of people born and yet to be born?
Is it why you are here?
All these are meant for pastors to answer.
People who dwelt on ignorant, causing ruin to people’s life and destiny.
Sending people to early graves and are happy doing that hence it put food on their table.
Judgement await us all!
Ife onye metere, o weere isi ya buru (evil men do, leave with them and after them).
Wise man think and talk about tomorrow, a fool (ofeke) talk about today.
Today has only but 24hours in it, tomorrow is indefinite.
Don’t be deceived!
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