Urhobos are people located in southern Nigeria, near the northwestern Niger Delta.
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11 Facts About Urhobo people
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The Okpe Urhobo people are known to have migrated to found the present day Sapele and the Orodje of Okpe still exercises authority over the land of Sapele.
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Urhobo people's Councillors consist of the Otota, and the Ohonvwore or Okakuro, addressed collectively as Ilorogun.
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Urhobo people is physically embedded in the Atlantic forest belt that stretches from Senegal in West Africa to Angola in central Africa.
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Urhobo people is expected to confess all of her love affairs during and after her betrothal to her husband, if any, and is then absolved of them.
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Urhobo people becomes a full member of her husband's family after this ritual, and is assumed to be protected by the supernatural.
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Since time immemorial, Urhobo people has been colored by variation that occur on various levels.
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Till now, some Urhobo people are of the belief that these two ethnic units are one due to similarities in culture, language, food and virtually everything.
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The Urhobo people nation is made up of twenty-four sub-groups, including the largest, Okpe.
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Urhobo people Okpo is made up of four days, based on regulated market cycles, religious worship, marriages and other community life.
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Urhobo people months are called Emeravwe and are made up of 28 days.
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