MKPANI OTOTOBILOTO

The Obol Lopon of Mkpani, HRM Obol Sunday Obono Okoi, the 2024 Mkpani Leboku New Yam Festival Planning Committee and the entire good people of Mkpani community wish to joyfully invite you and your family to the 2024 Edition of Mkpani Leboku New Yam Festival scheduled for Saturday 7th September, 2024 at the Mkpani Old Market Square, Mkpani Yakurr L.G.A. Cross River State, Nigeria. by 12.noon. We would heartily appreciate your presence. For the Committee: Eteng Okoi Publicity Secretary, CSP Obeten Uket(Ledu) (CHAIRMAN PLANNING COMMITTEE)

The 2024 Mkpani LEBOKU Festival has been announced and tagged as the "Festival of Peace". The announcement period is the beginning of the peace period. Oral history about the period attests that, It is the period of security watch. The period of calmness. It is the period where the external enemies usual strike. The Leboku festival is the annual new yam festival celebrated in Mkpani and Yakurr in general. It is the event that marks the traditional year of harvest and gratification for the successes in labour. It is also the period of reconciliation and sober reflection in which the past is reminiscence to the present and unto the future. The celebration always takes place in September and some years early October. In Mkpani, the celebration of Leboku festival usually take place on September through October of the year. Oral history attests the fact that Leboku had its origin from the culture and religion of the tribal communities of Ekoi tribe where Yakurr tradition of or

INTRODUCTION: Yakurr nation like other nations in Nigeria had been a theatre for the dramatization of socio- political and cultural development since the beginning of history. Thus, from the earliest of time, it has remained a continuous process. Man irrespective of where he lives has enormously multiplied his knowledge and capacity to eke a living from nature, solve humans problems and govern her people though at varying degrees. Therefore, every ethnic group independently participated in the early conquest of his environment. This goes to suggest in effect that, every tribe in Nigeria can lay claims to political development. Yakurr as a nation is not an exception and indeed was among the major participants in the process in which human groups displayed enormous capacity to govern her people. Chew and Hand-Over Of ‘’Etun’’ (Kingly Sacred Chewing Stick) has became a major concern among students of History who are researching on the topic in the 21st Century. This is because, non-pr

I hail thee my own dear native land, at the heartland of Yakor nation, Ototobiloto, the true vine and progenitor of Yakorr-Ibe, without which Kekor is but only a part. Mkpani Ototoliloto, Eful obor libang the ancient habitation of proud, indomitable Warriors in ancestral Yakor forests Idem-ofo, whose crudely armed foot soldiers joining Edem Omiriakpa and in concert roll-spinned the rock crushing enmasse ferocious Akpa at Idomi hill. Shrewed Ekpe Porwa porwa, in the midst of wolves in sheep fur assigned to walk upon and plunder The pleasant pastures and mountains of thine heritage Mkpani Ototoliloto, of whom my grandfather use to always sonorously chant: Mkpani Ototobiloto Orkpe keti orpoi Eful obor Libang Kordorng ben Koryai Kural kosi ligai Ototobiloto my Mkpani, Lopon Jor kupo tamatam Ototobiloto wor osen oryi keti Awoibe ke kebe, apeyorbe Lortumapon jor Ibunukpabi Okpornorke Orkpitong Mkpani Idemofo, the very land of my birth Where I am obligated to live and ser

DESTINATION CROSS RIVER (CENTRE OF TOURISM IN NIGERIA): A 17 YEAR OLD STUDENT EMERGES AS MISS LEBOKU IN TH... : MISS FAVOUR PAULINUS ENO, MISS LEBOKU 2017 EDITION OF MKPANI (LEBOKU) FESTIVAL (Right) HRM OBOL SUNDAY OBONO OKOI, OBOL LOPON OF ...

DESTINATION CROSS RIVER (CENTRE OF TOURISM IN NIGERIA): MONARCH CALLS FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE AND MUTUAL... : HRM OBOL SUNDAY OBONO OKOI, OBOL LOPON OF MKPANI The Obol Lopon of Mkpani, HRM Obol Sunday Obono Okoi has called on the people of ...