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Ine festival, Issele-Uku

Every September. Next: September 2027, dates to be announced

Issele-Uku

Issele-Uku's new yam festival: a season of rites from mid-August that peaks in September with Ine Onyimi, the festival of joy.

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The white arched gateway welcoming visitors to Issele-Uku Kingdom

Photo: Newtrains / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. All photo credits

About the festival

Ine is Issele-Uku's traditional new year and new yam festival. The Ine Aho season opens in August and runs for several weeks, with the Iwaji Umuaka festival for children along the way.

Its high point is Ine Onyimi, the festival of joy, in September: two days of cultural displays and competitions between the kingdom's villages before the Obi. The season closes with the Ihu Onicha ritual.

Recent editions

  1. Ine festival 2025, Issele-Uku

    Issele-Uku6 and 7 September

    Festival

Sources

  1. Issele-Uku Kingdom celebrates Ine festival (Vanguard, 2021)
  2. Ine Aho festival: Issele-Uku announces 2020 festival dates (Asaba Metro)
  3. Obi Nduka plans big for Issele-Uku children to mark 2025 Iwaji Umuaka festival (Nigeria Waves)
  4. Issele-Uku Ine festival turns carnival (Anioma Trust)

Last checked 10 September 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us on WhatsApp.

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