New Yam Festival
E305704
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leboku New Yam Festival | 1 |
| New Yam Festival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2871648 — 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: [Osun State, traditionalFestival, 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.
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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C.
Shango festival
The Shango festival is a traditional Yoruba religious celebration in honor of the thunder and lightning deity Shango, featuring drumming, dance, masquerades, and rituals that reinforce communal identity and ancestral worship.
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D.
Ohworu festival
The Ohworu festival is a traditional annual celebration of the Urhobo people in Nigeria, marked by elaborate rituals, masquerades, music, and communal festivities that honor their deities and cultural heritage.
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E.
Ojude Oba festival
The Ojude Oba festival is a vibrant annual cultural celebration in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, featuring colorful parades, traditional regalia, and homage-paying to the town’s monarch.
- 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 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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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.
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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C.
Shango festival
The Shango festival is a traditional Yoruba religious celebration in honor of the thunder and lightning deity Shango, featuring drumming, dance, masquerades, and rituals that reinforce communal identity and ancestral worship.
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D.
Ohworu festival
The Ohworu festival is a traditional annual celebration of the Urhobo people in Nigeria, marked by elaborate rituals, masquerades, music, and communal festivities that honor their deities and cultural heritage.
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E.
Ojude Oba festival
The Ojude Oba festival is a vibrant annual cultural celebration in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, featuring colorful parades, traditional regalia, and homage-paying to the town’s monarch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural festival
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harvest festival ⓘ traditional festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Osun State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Ebira people
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Idoma people ⓘ Igbo people ⓘ Tiv people ⓘ Yoruba people ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
Nigeria
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West Africa ⓘ |
| foodServed |
boiled yam
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fried yam ⓘ pounded yam ⓘ yam porridge ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
communal eating of yam dishes
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cultural performances ⓘ feasting ⓘ masquerade displays ⓘ music and drumming ⓘ traditional dances ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
affirmation of cultural identity
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expression of gratitude for agricultural abundance ⓘ reinforcement of communal bonds ⓘ |
| hasCustom |
first yam eaten by elders or chiefs
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public blessing of farms and farmers ⓘ sharing food with community members ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAspect |
traditional African religions
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veneration of earth deities ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
blessing of new yams
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sacrificial offerings ⓘ thanksgiving to deities and ancestors ⓘ |
| hasSocialFunction |
conflict reconciliation
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display of chieftaincy and titles ⓘ youth initiation into cultural practices ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Yam cultivation in West Africa
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Yam in African cuisine ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | anthropological studies on West African agrarian rituals ⓘ |
| mainCrop | yam ⓘ |
| marks | beginning of yam harvest season ⓘ |
| season |
harvest season
ⓘ
rainy season end ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fertility
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prosperity ⓘ renewal ⓘ transition from old harvest to new harvest ⓘ |
| typicalMonth |
August
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September ⓘ |
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 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Leboku New Yam Festival