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Obu-Gad: The Sacred Temple of Mortality and Brotherhood in Aguleri Kingdom

International Journal of Modern Education Research
Vol.3 , No. 6, Publication Date: Jan. 12, 2017, Page: 52-59

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[1]	Madukasi Francis Chuks, Department of Religion & Society, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus, Nigeria.
[2]	Settler Guliano Federico, College of Humanities, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
[3]	Okeke Nkiruka Joy, Department of Linguistics / Igbo, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus, Nigeria.

Abstract

In every empire or kingdom, there is a traditional mystical force that welds every community together be it Europe, America, Asia and Africa. In Igbo tradition, coronation of kings is viewed as a kingly festival especially when it comes to Kingship in Eri kingdom. In the coronation of any new king within Eri kingdom, especially the Nri King which takes place at Obu-gad alongside with the Ududueze the covenant pot of clay, the coronation will not take place. The excavating of this covenant pot of clay in the deepest depth of the confluence of two rivers (Ezu na Omanbala) is highly surrounded with mysteries up till today. This paper examines how this Obu-gad becomes an indigenous sacred temple of mortality that binds the Igbo communities in ritual symbology of brotherhood and serves also as an epicenter for global tourism site.

Keywords

Brotherhood, Obu-gad, Rituals, Mortality, Ovala, Ududueze, Symbolism

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