Monday, June 6, 2011

Local BAsket weaving in Aba-Oyo village Ondo state"Photostory"

Brief history on abaoyo village
Aba-oyo was once a hamlet village after akure, the settlement came to be about twenty years back when the villagers settle down in the village and they named it aba-oyo which literary means village for oyo people, they claims they are indigenes of old oyo town and migrated to the place and ended up settling down there.
Aba-oyo men are mostly farmer, they grow both cash and food crops, a few of them happens to learn hade-made-crafts as for  their women are trader; they sell farm products in market places in akure and neighbouring town market
Aba-oyo is bless with rich landscape very good for farming.
Today aba-oyo houses about two hundred people and has a primary school with a fairly motor-able road with few modern house  with no electricity supply
The indigenes claims to have interesting lifestyle and enjoy the natural landscape coupled with fresh fruits and vegetable to eat anytime of the day.

Aba-Oyo VILLAGE















10 comments:

  1. Hi. How do you get to this village from Akure?

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    1. Find your way to Ilesha Motor Garage after Akure South Local Government Sec. After Futa Junction,
      From Ilesha Motor Garage take/board a bike to Aba-Oyo Village

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  2. what does it take for some one in the north who wants to start this business in a whole sale

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    1. You source for the raw materials locally, I am sure there are plenty of this material in the North, and you probably need a week or two training with this folks

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    1. in Akure town, 15 minutes away from Ilesha Garage

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