The Leboku New Yam Festival, one of the agro-cultural festivals of Cross River State, Nigeria is a three-week long activity in July celebrated by Ugep community of Yakurr. The festival honors the earth goddess and the bontiful harvest.

A three-week celebration is the culmination of many events: the beginning of the yam harvest, a time to appease the gods and ancestors, a public parade of engaged maidens, a commemoration of events that led to the migration from the Yakurr ancestral home to the present site, and a period of holiday in the Yakurr traditional calendar.

Venue

Various venues along the river

Type

Vegetable festival, Local food fair, Holiday festival

Dedicated to

Yam

Duration

31 days

Frequency

annual

Nigeria

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