TAKING BLURT TO (AVOM) an ancient tree.

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Meet AVOM one of the oldest tree in my village.

AVOM was named after a deity, according to tradition those days any thing be it living or non-living that possesses any characters of a diety, shall be named after that particular deity.

The name AVOM, is an igbo dialect which means "My Load".
now, from the meaning of the name you could guess what this tree does for the people who believes in it.

AVOM here, according to history has helped so many widows and orphans who has no help or relatives to run to when they need help.
AVOM help them by providing their needs, be it money, food or clothe.

How does it happen.?

Those days, widow that are in need of anything, meet this tree at middle of the night,
offer an Egg of a native fowl
then sing any traditional chant before making their wishes.
Low and behold all that they have requested shall be lying in wait for them in their hot.

Same applies to orphans, but the difference is that orphans do not offer anything to the tree.
But only sing a sad and sorrowful chant to the tree.
Then theremire requests shall be granted.

isn't that amazing?
Of course it is amazingly beautiful.

But today AVOM no longer does all that great work.
Which left many thousand thoughts on people mind, many saying that it's due to old age while others says that the tree needs to be appeased maybe because the gods are not happy with them.

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NEXT IS "TAKING BLURT TO IYI OLA

ANOTHER ANCIENT RIVER THAT DOES WONDERS IN MY VILLAGE
ACCORDING TO THE NAME IYI OLA WHICH MEANS "RIVER OF RINGS"