New Yam festival
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The New Yam festival is a traditional annual celebration among the Idoma people (and other yam-farming communities in Nigeria) marking the end of the harvest season and giving thanks for a bountiful yield.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Yam festival canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13539667 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Yam festival Context triple: [Idoma, festival, New Yam festival]
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A.
New Yam Festival
The New Yam Festival is a major annual harvest celebration among Igbo and other Eastern Nigerian communities, marked by thanksgiving rites, feasting, and traditional performances to honor the yam as a staple and symbol of prosperity.
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B.
New Yam Festival
The New Yam Festival is a prominent West African harvest celebration, especially among Yoruba communities in places like Osun State, marking the beginning of the yam harvest season with rituals, feasting, and cultural performances.
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C.
Yam festival
The Yam festival is a traditional celebration among the Tiv people that marks the harvest of new yams with communal feasting, rituals, and cultural performances.
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D.
Olojo Festival
Olojo Festival is a major Yoruba cultural and religious celebration held annually in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, honoring Ogun and the creation of the world through elaborate rituals and royal ceremonies.
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E.
Ngmayem festival
Ngmayem festival is an annual harvest celebration of the Ga-Dangme people of Ghana, marked by thanksgiving, traditional rites, and communal festivities centered around the new millet crop.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Yam festival Target entity description: The New Yam festival is a traditional annual celebration among the Idoma people (and other yam-farming communities in Nigeria) marking the end of the harvest season and giving thanks for a bountiful yield.
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A.
New Yam Festival
The New Yam Festival is a major annual harvest celebration among Igbo and other Eastern Nigerian communities, marked by thanksgiving rites, feasting, and traditional performances to honor the yam as a staple and symbol of prosperity.
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B.
New Yam Festival
The New Yam Festival is a prominent West African harvest celebration, especially among Yoruba communities in places like Osun State, marking the beginning of the yam harvest season with rituals, feasting, and cultural performances.
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C.
Yam festival
The Yam festival is a traditional celebration among the Tiv people that marks the harvest of new yams with communal feasting, rituals, and cultural performances.
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D.
Olojo Festival
Olojo Festival is a major Yoruba cultural and religious celebration held annually in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, honoring Ogun and the creation of the world through elaborate rituals and royal ceremonies.
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E.
Ngmayem festival
Ngmayem festival is an annual harvest celebration of the Ga-Dangme people of Ghana, marked by thanksgiving, traditional rites, and communal festivities centered around the new millet crop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural festival
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festival ⓘ harvest festival ⓘ traditional ceremony ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Idoma people of Benue State
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linked to:
Idoma people
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| celebratedBy |
Idoma people
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yam-farming communities in Nigeria ⓘ |
| continuity | passed down through generations ⓘ |
| country | Nigeria ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
affirmation of yam as staple crop
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transition from old to new agricultural year ⓘ |
| foodServed |
boiled yam
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pounded yam ⓘ yam porridge ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
feasting
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masquerade displays ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ traditional music ⓘ wrestling and other traditional games ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
local community
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visitors and guests ⓘ |
| hasElement |
community-wide gathering
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invocation of ancestral spirits ⓘ public sharing of yam dishes ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
blessing of the new yam harvest
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offering of new yams ⓘ thanksgiving prayers ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Idoma intangible cultural heritage ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
agrarian calendar
ⓘ
traditional leadership structures ⓘ |
| mainCropCelebrated | yam ⓘ |
| observanceRule | new yam should be ritually tasted before general consumption ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
community elders
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traditional rulers ⓘ |
| purpose |
give thanks for bountiful harvest
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mark end of yam harvest season ⓘ |
| region |
Middle Belt Nigeria
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linked to:
Middle Belt
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| religiousAspect | traditional African religion elements ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
community bonding
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reinforcement of cultural identity ⓘ |
| symbolism |
gratitude to deities and ancestors
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prosperity and abundance ⓘ renewal of life and fertility ⓘ |
| timeOfYear |
late rainy season
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post-harvest season ⓘ |
| typeOfAgriculture | yam-based agriculture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Yam festival Description of subject: The New Yam festival is a traditional annual celebration among the Idoma people (and other yam-farming communities in Nigeria) marking the end of the harvest season and giving thanks for a bountiful yield.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.