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Homework for August 1, 2019
In Nigeria rituals and
festivity law are associated with yam, a staple crop. A yam festival is held
every year to mark the harvesting of this crop. The village chiefs and
traditional title holders of lands in Nigeria who grow yam make it a religious
practice not to consume yam till it is offered to the gods. During this
festival, villagers offer prayers thanking their ancestral gods for the
blessings of the land and the women's fertility. The festivity observed in
villages is in the form of a parade of traditional dances.
1.
Why is a yam festival held every year?
a)
To make money
b)
To mark the harvesting of the yam crop
2.
Who makes it a religious practice not to consume the yams ?
a)
The high priest and Rev. Brown
b)
The Chiefs and traditional title holders of the land
3.
What takes place during the Yam festival? Fil in the blanks
a) Villagers offer __________________________thanking
their ancestral ________________________ for the __________________ of the _______
and the _________________________ fertility.
4.
The festivity is observed in the form of a
a) A
music festival
b)
A traditional dance
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level 2 &3
Name _________________________date ________________
1.
Explain why is a yam festival held every
year?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
Who makes it a religious practice not to consume the yams?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
What takes place during the Yam festival? Fil in the blanks
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.
The festivity is observed in the form of a
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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