Yoruba traditional calendar
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The Yoruba traditional calendar is an indigenous West African timekeeping system that organizes the year into four-day weeks and culturally significant months used to schedule festivals, rituals, and communal activities.
All labels observed (1)
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| Yoruba traditional calendar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13621754 — 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: Yoruba traditional calendar Context triple: [Ijesa people, usesCalendar, Yoruba traditional calendar]
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Yoruba festivals
Yoruba festivals are traditional celebrations of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria and neighboring regions, marked by elaborate rituals, drumming, masquerades, and communal feasting that honor deities, ancestors, and important historical events.
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Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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C.
Odia calendar
The Odia calendar is a traditional regional timekeeping system used in the Indian state of Odisha that follows Hindu religious observances, festivals, and agricultural cycles.
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D.
Ethiopian calendar
The Ethiopian calendar is a solar calendar used primarily in Ethiopia that is roughly seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar and features 13 months in a year.
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E.
Ikale Yoruba
Ikale Yoruba refers to a subgroup of the Yoruba ethnic group primarily found in southwestern Nigeria, known for their distinct dialect and cultural traditions.
- 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: Yoruba traditional calendar Target entity description: The Yoruba traditional calendar is an indigenous West African timekeeping system that organizes the year into four-day weeks and culturally significant months used to schedule festivals, rituals, and communal activities.
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A.
Yoruba festivals
Yoruba festivals are traditional celebrations of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria and neighboring regions, marked by elaborate rituals, drumming, masquerades, and communal feasting that honor deities, ancestors, and important historical events.
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B.
Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
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C.
Odia calendar
The Odia calendar is a traditional regional timekeeping system used in the Indian state of Odisha that follows Hindu religious observances, festivals, and agricultural cycles.
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D.
Ethiopian calendar
The Ethiopian calendar is a solar calendar used primarily in Ethiopia that is roughly seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar and features 13 months in a year.
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E.
Ikale Yoruba
Ikale Yoruba refers to a subgroup of the Yoruba ethnic group primarily found in southwestern Nigeria, known for their distinct dialect and cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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