Egwu Ode bu nke ndị Ọkpọsị dị n’ Afikpo Local Government, Ebonyi Steeti. Ode bụ egwu agha nke éjị wee jee agha wee turu ugo wee lọta. Akuko bu na ndi nwe egwu a na ndị agbata obi ha bụ ndị ofe mmiri na-azo ebe a na-akọ ihe ubi maka na anyị ha bụ ndị Ọkpọsị na-akọsi ubi ike. E wee bịa ịzọ ha ala, ebe ha na-akọ ihe ubi. O wée si otú a wee bido ọgụ. Ha wee lụwa ọgụ wee nweta mmeri na ya bụ ọgụ wee nata, wee wéré egwu a wee nye onwe ha obi añụri.
Enweghi mgbe ma ọ bụ ọnwa puru iche eji agba ya kama e nweé onye chọrọ ka eme ya óbi añụrị agbala Ode. Égwu a bụ egwu ụmụ ikoro na ụmụ agbọghọ na-agba. Ụmụ ntakịrị anaghị agba ya maka na ọ bụ egwu éjị ume ágbá. Aha ngwá egwú ndi eji akụ Ode bụ Igba, Udu, Ekwe ma ọ bụ ọkpọkọrọ, ọsha, na opi
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Ode Dance is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
