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Culture
People And Culture:
Ethnically, the people of the state are lgbo, who are widely known to be very resourceful, hardworking, sociable, friendly, accom modating, peace loving, and law abiding. They are highly enterprising and are reputed for their busi ness acumen. Skilled manpower resources are readily available in every field of human endeavour. The language of the people is lgbo, but English is widely spoken.
The state has a rich cultural heritage Archaeological discoveries at Ezira (Hartle, 1967) and at lgboUkwu (Shaw, 1970) reveal great works of art in iron, bronze, copper, and pottery works, dated ninth century AD, and belonging to the ancient Nri kingdom. Long before AD 800, the Nri people had developed an advanced political organ isation that culminated in divine kingship (Jeffreys, 1935 and Onwuejeogwu, 1981). The authority of
the Eze (King) of Nri, widely acknowledged in tradi tional lgboland, led to the establishment of the Nri theocratic hegemony, stretching from beyond Agbor, west of the Niger, to east of Okigwe on the eastern side of the Niger and to Owerri. Eze Nri had control over the Ozo and Eze titles and all ritu als of abrogation or enactment of taboos, cleansing of abomination , and so on. While it lacked mili tarism, the Nri was widely acknowledged as a craft industrial centre.
Though the hegemony began a steady decline between 1400 and 1700 and, in 1911, the British colonial administration finally pro scribed Nri ritual and political activities, yet the cul ture and works of art, fostered by the hegemony still survive in the blacksmithery, iron mongery, bronze works, wood and ivory carving in Awka; ivory works and carving of ritual objects, and ritualistic arts of theAdama inAdaziNnukwu and Nri; blacksmithing and carving in Agulu; pottery works in Abba and EnuguAgidi; bronze works and blacksmithery in OraErii and other parts of the state. The ritualistic culture in the State has been struggling to survive the assault of Christianity.
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