In Enugu state of Nigeria, the Nsukka people are well known for their Okpa food delicacy and Palm wine (called nkwu in Igbo). Nkwu-Enu (up-wine) and Ekpo, Ngoro, Àtan (down-wine) Palm wine, as noted in our earlier post, is a lucrative business product and there are handfuls of tappers that took tapping it as their occupation. Types of Palm Wine Produced in Igbo Eze North (Enugu-Ezike). There are basically two types of palm wine produced in Igbo Nsukka:Up-wine(called Nkwu-Enu in Igbo) and Down-wine(called Ekpo, nkwu-ani,etc in Igbo and Àtan in Benin Republic). Similarities and differences between up and down palm wine. The physical appearance of the two types of Palm Wine tapped in Enugu Ezike are the same. They are all white in color. Both of them contains alchohol. They also ferment beginning from the time they were produced. Despite the similarities, up-wine differs from down-wine. Just as their names imply, the up-wine is the type of Palm wine produced from the flower
Ezike Palm Wine is Available During Pandemics: Drink Responsibly! Warning: Pandemics are Deadly! Stay Safe! Oftentimes in the history of mankind, pandemics disrupt human activities and render various businesses dysfunctional. Three evils face man in such precarious time: sickness, death and poverty. During the outbreak of influenzas,novel viruses, etc people are usually restricted from congregating and engaging in other social activities. Curfews are often declared and many businesses are shutdown. Palm Wine business faces the same challenges as other businesses in the face of war against pandemics but the effect on it is not as egregious as some businesses. In Enugu state of Nigeria, Ezike people taps quality palm wine. Many men in the geopolitical zone depends solely on their palm wine tapping profession. What do you think would be their fate when lockdown and curfew is declared by the government? Poverty, starvation, death! That is why they flout government orders and contin