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*    tervals of five days, and which



*    are called ugi-iɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] or iɽɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    and ends with ugi-erh-ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ],



*    the ugie made for the Ɔba’s



*    father, after about three months).



*    After this period, the annual



*    ancestors’ festival ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] seems



*    to be celebrated in Benin. After



*    ehɔ, there is, according to one



*    informant, another cycle of



*    ugies devoted to the royal an-



*    cestors which is called ugi-igũ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], and which again consists



*    of ugi-iɽɔ̃’s leading up to ugi-



*    erh-ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]. After this, i.e.



*    after about four months, orhu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] is performed, and an ugie



*    called emobo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (?). This is



*    followed by igwɛ, the annual



*    festival devoted to one’s Head,



*    which is performed first by the



*    Ɔba, then by his people. After



*    igwɛ, the annual war-procession



*    isiokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ] was held (no longer



*    now) which included egbala



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] and amufi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. Then



*    comes agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ], the New-Yam



*    festival at the Ɛguae, which is



*    followed by the general practice



*    of ihuã [ ˩ ˥ ], giving new yam to



*    the gods, and finally agw-ɔɣɛnɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]. (The order of these ugies



*    is very doubtful, and the col-



*    lected statements differ, neither



*    is their number complete).



*ugieʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] comparison; cf. igieʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], gie 1 [ / ].



*ugiɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] act of burning;



*    blaze; cf. giɛ̃ [ / ].



*ugĩʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] leaking; cf. gĩ [ ˥ ].



*ugo [ ˩ ˥ ] a sort of red yam (ikpɛ̃



*    [ ˥ ˩ ]) which has gone wild; v.



*    ogigbã [ ˩ \ ˩ ], ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*Ugo [ ˩ ˩ ] two villages distinguished



*    in the following way: Ugo n-iyek-



*    orhiɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] “the Ugo be-