The celebration of traditional festivals is an annual community affair throughout Delta State.  Almost every village celebrates one festival or the other that attracts indigenes and non-indigenes at specific times in the year, usually between March and December. These festivals offer occasions for a reunion of family members, friends and well-wishers from far and near. However, the main essence of these festivities is to provide opportunities for ancestral worship and purification of both the land and the people.

Some of the important festivals celebrated in the state include Adane-Okpe, lyen, Edjenu, Okere Juju, Ine, Ulor, Ukwata, Ishe and Ore-Uku.

Adane-Okpe festival holds every year from December 22-30 in Orerokpe in Okpe LGA. It is a period of ancestral worship, which helps to promote the unity of the Okpe people. The occasion also provides an opportunity for the initiation of new Okakuros (Chiefs).

In Effurun, Edjuvbie holds for 14 days in March every year. The festival is a period of merry-making and the offering of sacrifices to the gods. lyen and Edjenu are two major festivals in Ughelli and Okpara. lyen is held annually while Edjenu takes place every 25 years . Another festival that is celebrated at intervals of 25 years is Ekele of Agbarha. One of the most important festivals in Isoko is Eri-Okpe festival which holds in March every three years. It is celebrated to usher in peace and a rich harvest.

In Warri, the dominant festivals are the Agbassa-Juju and Okere-Juju.  While Agbassa-Juju is celebrated every three years between April and May, Okere-Juju festival starts in June and ends in August every year.

Among the Izons, the important festivals are Seigbein, Okabowei and Kalanama Oge. Okabowei festival, celebrated by the people of Patani, is held in April while Seigbein takes place in May.

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