Ebira people

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The Ebira people are an ethnic group primarily found in central Nigeria, known for their rich cultural heritage, distinctive language, and vibrant festivals, arts, and traditional practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ebira people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nupoid language ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
traditional ruler ⓘ
alternativeName Igbira ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalHeritage masquerade traditions ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
culturalValue community solidarity ⓘ
hard work ⓘ
honesty ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Nupoid peoples ⓘ
festival Echane festival ⓘ
Ekuechi festival ⓘ
festivalType masquerade festival ⓘ
language Ebira language ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorTown Adavi ⓘ
Ajaokuta ⓘ
linked to: Ajaokuta area

Lokoja ⓘ
Okehi ⓘ
Okene ⓘ
nativeName Ebira ⓘ
primaryRegion Central Nigeria ⓘ
primaryState Kogi State ⓘ
region Middle Belt of Nigeria ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Traditional African religion ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Edo State ⓘ
Federal Capital Territory ⓘ
Nasarawa State ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based system ⓘ
traditionalCraft blacksmithing ⓘ
cloth weaving ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
traditionalCrop cassava ⓘ
guinea corn ⓘ
maize ⓘ
yam ⓘ
traditionalMusicInstrument drums ⓘ
flutes ⓘ
gongs ⓘ
traditionalOccupation farming ⓘ
ironworking ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalInstitution Ohinoyi of Ebiraland ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration ⓘ
belief in deities ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Yam Festival → celebratedBy → Ebira people ⓘ
Ebira → ethnolinguisticGroup → Ebira people ⓘ
Igala people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Ebira people ⓘ