By Jonathan Ugbal The last four days of the Leboku festival, the new yam festival of the Ugep nation in Yakurr local government of Cross River State is always the peak of the celebration with this year’s edition producing the routine and scintillating performances of the festival that has become one of Cross River’s
by crossriverwatch admin Leboku is the annual New Yam Festival of the Yakurr people, which comprises Ugep, Idomi, Ekori, Mkpani,Nko, Nyima, Agoi and Asiga communities. The Leboku New Yam festival is peculiar to the core Yakạạ speaking communities of Idomi, Ugep, Ekori, Mkpani and Nko and the international version is unanimously celebrated in Ugep once
From Wikipedia Leboku is the annual New Yam Festival celebrated in Ugep, Nigeria to honor the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the land in Ugep, one of the five settlements of Yakurr. The three week festival is the culmination of many events: the beginning of the yam harvest, a time to