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African salad (Abacha). The Okonko festival of Umuezealla-Ogboko is very rich and unique. There are also several social titles which feature outstandingly throughout Ideato-South. The chieftaincy titles are very common and highly regarded. They include: Eze (king), Okenze, Nze, Ozo, Ichie, Durunze etc. Worthy of note is the fact that marriages in Ideato as well as other parts of igboland can never hold on an Eke market day. Typically, traditional marriages can not start in the morning but in the afternoon.
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