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| Magnus Ugwu and his son Ijomanta at the Iyi Eke |
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| Magnus Ugwu and his son Ijomanta at the Iyi Eke |
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| Ijomanta, the project driver, escort and narrator at the Iyi Eke |
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| Ukpabi, the ritual assistant
to Aniyom, presenting
the food to the elders at Iyi Eke |
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| Stormy, backing the camera,
is one of the patrons of
Iyi Eke, whose appellation is “Iyi Eke.” He is watching the preparation of the food at the Iyi Eke. |
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| Mr. Ugwu’s family house, where I stayed in Arochukwu |
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| Magnus Ugwu and Stormy (right) at the rest shelter in Iyi Eke |
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| A carved wooden cola bowl in the rest shelter at Iyi Eke |
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| Maazi Aniyom, the ritual specialist (chief priest) at the Iyi Eke |
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| Maazi Aniyom, the ritual
specialist (chief priest), crossing the stream
of Leopards, or “Iyi Eke” |
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| The author/researcher crossing
the
stream of Leopards, or “Iyi Eke” |
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| Maazi Aniyom (right) and
Ukpabi his assistant (left)
at the front of the Iyi Eke Cave |
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| Ukpabi receiving a goat for
a ritual sacrifice while
Maazi Aniyom is marking the wall of the Iyi Eke Cave and reciting some oracular verses |
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| Maazi Aniyom is marking the
wall of the Iyi Eke
Cave and reciting some oracular verses |
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| Maazi Aniyom pauses to have
his photograph
taken by the author/researcher |
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| Maazi Aniyom continues the
ritual
at the Iyi Eke Cave |
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| Maazi Aniyom is slaughtering
a
goat for sacrifice as a part of the ritual |
Maazi Aniyom is rubbing the
blood of
the slaughtered goat on the wall of the Iyi Eke Cave |
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| Ukpabi is holding the slaughtered goat |
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| The kitchen area at the Iyi Eke Cave |
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