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Umatu festival is one of the six major festivities held in Onitsha Ado N'Idu every year. The others are Ajachi, Owuwaji, Ofala, Osisi- Ite and Ife-Jioku. The Umatu is celebrated when the first maize has been cultivated.[1] The people meet with the King (Obi) and his red hat leaders (Ndiche) to celebrate the prosperity of the maize crop.[2]