HISTORY OF ĒWŪLÓ ĀBŌJI RIVER (WATER BODY) IN IDOMA LAND
February 5, 2021 at 1:20 pm,
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Okwoli Moses Elaigwu
The mysterious river of Idoma Ābākū survived through ages and now shrine into smaller streams with the remnant of it main body at Upu village of Otukpo. Ēwūló Ābōji is located opposite UBE Primary school áijā, ūpū ōtuūkpó.
According to Alekwu Idah Okoli who chants the Lamentation of Ēwūló ābōji during the burial of Ekedegba the Ada-Alekwu k’Agbooko, described:
Ēwūló ābōji, ɔkpa nó gé bēnyi, ɔyimεmε-óbēnē ígé tāngwā ēnyi-awūlún,
Ēwūló nóō gé pɛ ɔpε mlεfu εnó…, ɔnɔ k’Ēwūló wɔmā ɔwāiló εnó.. tó mā ní ó kwiyē ɔnɔ ó..,
Ēwūló Jɔkɔ Lɔ ɔkpānkē, N ɔkpānkē Jɔkɔ lo ɔkpúlōkō mā ó.., jεε kó jēnyi l’ábákü ɔlε k’ádā nōmūm wā gáa Jɔkɔ gām ó.
Ēwūló ābōji the river that can turn other water moody, An Infant doesn’t swim on a modulating river,
Ēwūló that flows in the valley and hills, the difficulty of Ēwūló is like the labour of a collard lizard, it is hard to deliver, sorrow for the pain.
Ēwūló gave orator to ɔkpānkē (ānkē-River) and ɔkpānkē gave orator to ɔkpúlōkō (úlōkō-River) who gave water to Ābākū my father’s house come and give me orator.
Ēwūló ābōji is a modulating water body, when it comes to an area with hill; it climbs and flow down the valley. According to the narrative; mountain or hills does not barricades Ēwūló ābōji from flowing. It overcomes all obstacles to give life to other rivers or stream it flows into.
Great men who leave through the test of time bath in Ēwūló Ābōji; those with clean heart crosses Ābōji, the strange river of Ābākū. Men are test and legitimacy of Ābākū children are confirmed in Ābōji during the ancient time. Ēwūló ābōji the river that ends all cleansing. When ɔgbādāübi gbādāɔjɔ reject appellation Ēwūló ābōji is call upon; for what happened in ābɔ ābõji ends in ābõji.
1 comment - HISTORY OF ĒWŪLÓ ĀBŌJI RIVER (WATER BODY) IN IDOMA LAND
Okpainya Major - February 9, 2021 at 12:48 am
I like this writing, I used the chants of varied alekeu to write my doctoral thesis, those used are oglabudu, ama, Ida, Ocheikwu, ochaba, agada, epekada etc, happy that out people are appreciating the alekeu chant s, it is the source of our idoma history that is, if the alekw'ochonokwu ede can recall opanda in the history of the niger-benue, then it has a lot as I discovered in my research, ahinya