jjhnja44es:
The Utomo Obong is an annual parade and ceremony in honor of the Obong of CALABAR.
COLOURFUL
Carnival is only an English term for the parade which was transported by slave descendant to Brazil ,Cuba,Trinidad and Barbados .
The parade was later modified with elements of modernity and flamboyancy.

Sadly many Nigerians and Africans do not appreciate their own and even see carnival as imported from Brazil when in fact carnival is actually African culture adapted by slave descendants to keep to celebrate their African roots.
The carnival is not just any African culture but precisely Efik Calabar culture . Calabar was one of the major West African slave ports.

mayklef:
truth be told, the only reason y this cultural act is loved n practiced in the Caribbean is because its a show of nudity...

jjhnja44es:
Efiks enslaved and sold mostly Ibibios ,some present day Central Cross river, and Igbos from the hinterland who were captured by Arochukwu and sold to Efiks to be sold to the European Merchants. Some Efiks at the bottom of society were also sold by elite Efiks .
Efik culture was dominant and more influential. whether most of the slaves were Efiks or not, Efik culture and methods survived in the Americas.

I think a good example would be the fact that the English culture survived and thrived in North America even though the English were fewer in number. For example,you would be hard pressed to find a pure English descendant American founder . Most white Americans today are actually German,Dutch ,Irish,Scottish,Italian descendants who adopted English names to fit in , as oppose to the original English whose culture was Dominant though had smaller population. Donald Trump , George Bush, John Kennedy,Hulk Hogan are not English blood like George Washington , Bill Clinton,Abraham Lincoln, or Andrew Jackson.
And in the Akwacross area today you can see the same pattern played out as Ibibio and annang adopted original Efik names and methods .names such as Bassey , Essien, Ekanem,Edet, Inyang, Etim, Edem,Ansa,Ekeng,, etc. They were not allowed to adopt some elite Anglo Efik names such as Ironbar, Duke,Henshaw, Hogan,Yellow-duke,Archibong, Effiom, etc. Those names were maintained in small circles and traced to lineage.

jjhnja44es:
Efik language and culture is what is spoken and practiced in Calabar?Calabar is Efik land. Obong of Calabar is first class King . Efik Efut and Qua are one . The name of the Muri of efut is Effiong Okon Mbukpa which is Efik name, there's no such language . Go to Calabar and ask who is Efut or Efik or this and that and you would get a stare because such a thing does not exist .
Only jealous ,envious and evil people bring division and mostly blacks like doing that ,that's why Africa is at the bottom today.

thebosstrevor1:
Carnival is not an African or efik culture

No culture has the monopoly of parade or carnival

jjhnja44es:
Ibibio means slave in Efik language. You are jealous and envious of Efiks. We know you wish Efiks and Calabar to be down .
Efik clans in Akwa ibom state to be reclaimed by Cross river government

ChoCho54:
What fvckery!

So Duke and Wellington and henshaw that oyibo people named the slaves in their house for easy communication is now an elite name and aristocratic?

Puloc:

Your hypothesis is utter rubbish. The ibibio nation is a larger group that assimilates the Efik sub group. the ibibio language contains many sub dialect of efik, anang, Oro, eastern obolo, ekid and ibibio. don't make it look as if efik was a dominant culture in old Nigeria. efik was only known because calabar was a capital City then and a port town. as for the names u mentioned as borrowed from efik names, be sure to know that those are typical ibibio names with objective meanings. don't say what u don't know. Akwa cross people are related socio-culturally.

thebosstrevor1:
Carnival is not an African or efik culture

No culture has the monopoly of parade or carnival

Ablecia:
Don't mind that guy, he's a typical efik guy. That's how they reason and that is what is keeping them backward. How can he even type without fear that the efiks enslaved Ibibios and that the Ibibios borrowed Ibibio names from them?

jjhnja44es:
Efik language and culture is what is spoken and practiced in Calabar?Calabar is Efik land. Obong of Calabar is first class King . Efik Efut and Qua are one . The name of the Muri of efut is Effiong Okon Mbukpa which is Efik name, there's no such language . Go to Calabar and ask who is Efut or Efik or this and that and you would get a stare because such a thing does not exist .
Only jealous ,envious and evil people bring division and mostly blacks like doing that ,that's why Africa is at the bottom today.

powerhouse3:
op is really drunk....so ibibio means slave in efik language ?....


so a slave will now install your king....


if oku odu from uraun in akwa ibom state is not there to install your obong of calabar,can your king be recognize as legitimate?

jjhnja44es:
Efiks enslaved and sold mostly Ibibios ,some present day Central Cross river, and Igbos from the hinterland who were captured by Arochukwu and sold to Efiks to be sold to the European Merchants. Some Efiks at the bottom of society were also sold by elite Efiks .
Efik culture was dominant and more influential. whether most of the slaves were Efiks or not, Efik culture and methods survived in the Americas.

I think a good example would be the fact that the English culture survived and thrived in North America even though the English were fewer in number. For example,you would be hard pressed to find a pure English descendant American founder . Most white Americans today are actually German,Dutch ,Irish,Scottish,Italian descendants who adopted English names to fit in , as oppose to the original English whose culture was Dominant though had smaller population. Donald Trump , George Bush, John Kennedy,Hulk Hogan are not English blood like George Washington , Bill Clinton,Abraham Lincoln, or Andrew Jackson.
And in the Akwacross area today you can see the same pattern played out as Ibibio and annang adopted original Efik names and methods .names such as Bassey , Essien, Ekanem,Edet, Inyang, Etim, Edem,Ansa,Ekeng,, etc. They were not allowed to adopt some elite Anglo Efik names such as Ironbar, Duke,Henshaw, Hogan,Yellow-duke, Archibong, Effiom, etc. Those names were maintained in small circles and traced to lineage.

DissTroy:


You are a jackass! Ibibios have always dominated the AkwaCross region and beyond. Ibibios dominate what is today Akwa Ibom State, Cross River State and parts of Abia State (Arochukwu).

The Ekpe Society is headquartered in Ibiono Ibom LGA, Akwa Ibom State. The Ibibios even dominate Cross Rivers, and the civil service too. You dare not hold positions in Akwa Ibom State as an Efik person but Akwa Ibom decides what becomes of the Efiks and Cross River as a whole.

When the 76 oil wells were ceded from Cross Rivers to Akwa Ibom State in 2009, no Efik or Cross Riverian could muzzle it back. In the grand scheme of things, you all have always played second fiddle to the Ibibios. In politics, education, social strata, economics and in the diaspora.

Lugard resided in Akwa Ibom, and administrated and Amalgamated Nigeria from there. The Efiks attempt to try to rub shoulders with the Ibibios quickly led to the disintegration of the old Cross River State and spilt to form Akwa Ibom State. Today, the Ibibios are better than Uyo as they always have.

The Efiks were renamed Duke and Henshaw by the Europeans because you were slaves. Just like they enslaved most of the Ijaws, washing away their history and names too.

Writing alternative facts would change the truth.