Abstract
The Ibo who number about 9Y2 million people occupy parts of South Eastern Nigeria in the newly created East Central State and parts of the Mid-Western and the Rivers States of the Federation of Nigeria. The following account was taken from Ihiala and is typical of most areas of the Northern Ibo region. Cross checking from towns like Agukwu Nri, Enugu Ukwu and Onitsha indicate close similarities. With some modifications a fair picture of private and public worship systems of Iboland can be drawn. Private Worship. This is divided into two parts: routine and occasional. Routine private worship includes the daily offerings made by the head of a household to the ancestors at the Ndebunze (ancestral spirit) shrine in kola-nuts, lines of white chalk and prayers for protection, prosperity and wellbeing of the family while holding up the
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