Eket

The Eketrelated to the Ibibio, constitute a village of more than a million individuals who have given their name to the important city of Eket south of Nigeria, next to the border of Cameroon, a city that is experiencing great growth and industrial development thanks to oil and gas, as well as its strategic port location, Port Harcour. The people Eket It is formed by a caste society, the Amama being the most important. They practice the cult of ancestors and perform agricultural rites to obtain the fertility of the crops, rendering worship to Ala, divinity of the earth. Like the ibibio and other peoples, they also have the secret ekpo society, during which ceremonies they use their circular masks. Another society called ekong uses anthropomorphic scimers. They have masks with police function.