Oro Religion

The Oron people religio-cultural heritage was handed down from generation to generation through oral tradition and sacred institutions. The religion emphasized belief in ancestral spirits, life after death, good moral values, superhuman (transcendental) powers, divinities and a belief in a Supreme Being known as Abazi Oro (The God of Heaven).[1][2]

Oron Traditional Ritual Vase
  1. ^ Uya, Okon (1983). History of Oron People in the Lower Cross River Basin p.36. ISBN 9789782451002.
  2. ^ JOURNAL ARTICLE THE TRADITIONAL RELIGION OF PRE-COLONIAL AKWA IBOM AND ITS IMPACT Dominus Okon Essien https://www.jstor.org/stable/24520268