Interviews

PARTICULARS OF INFORMANTS

S/N	Name	Occupation	Age	Place of Interview	Date of Interview	Sex
1	Professor Femi Fajewonyomi	Retired Professor	82 years	Ise Ekiti	02/07/2015	M
2	Chief Arogundade Ayodeji	Timber Contractor	56 years	Ise Ekiti	02/07/2015	M
3	Mr Ojuawo Ayodeji	Civil Servant	47 years	Ise Ekiti	17/10/2015	M
4	Mrs B.D. Bello	Teacher	55 years	Ise Ekiti	17/07/2015	F
5	Mr Olatunde Ajayi	Business man	44 years	Ise Ekiti	17/07/2015	M
6	Chief Esan Ikori	Farmer	78 years	Ise Ekiti	17/07/2015	M
7	Elder G.B. Adebayo	Retired Civil Servant	78 years	Ise Ekiti	17/07/2015	M
8	Mr Sunday Ojuawo	Farmer	80 years	Ise Ekiti	10/07/2015	M
9	Mrs Thomas Olaoluwa	Teacher	50 years	Ise Ekiti	10/07/2015	F
10	Mr Sunday Ogunyemi	Civil Servant	76 years	Emure	10/07/2015	M
11	Moses Famakinwa	Timber Contractor	65 years	Emure	10/07/2015	M
12	Mr Sunday Olayokun	Farmer	78 years	Ise Ekiti	10/07/2015	M
13	Mr Ade Olaoluwa	Civil Servant	55 years	Ise Ekiti	17/10/2015	M
14	Mrs Kemi Alagbada	Trader	45 years	Ise Ekiti	10/07/2015	F
15	Mr Olatunde Alaba	Business man	48 years	Ise Ekiti	10/07/2015	M

APPENDIX I
Name:                            Professor Femi Fajewonyomi
Age:                               82 years
Occupation:                   Retired Professor
Address:                        82, Uso Road, Ise Ekiti
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         02/07/2015

Question:   Sir, can you please tell me how Ise Ekiti was established?
Answer:      Ise was established 100 years ago by Oba Gbaderin who came from Okeluse, Ise people came from Okeluse led by Oba Gbaderin. Okeluse is in Ondo state that is Ose Ose local government that is where we came from to settle in Ise Ekiti
Question:   Who were the founding fathers of Ise community?
Answer:      The founding fathers are the people who came from Okeluse under Oba Gbaderin called Oluse of Ise Ekiti, Asamo, Ikori, Oba Aji etc.
Question:   What can you please tell me about the traditions of origin of the Ise people?
Answer:      Ise people cam traditionally from Benin that’s Benin to Okeluse and Okeluse to Ise that the origin of Okeluse is Benin. We don’t have anything to do with, like other Yoruba speaking people majorly came from Ile-Ife Oduduwa but we indirectly came from Benin because Oba Benin came from Ile-Ife too. We are offspring of Benin kingdom but we came through Okeluse to Ise.
Question:   Are Ise people religious?
Answer:      Yes, they are religious. We have different religion in Ise such as traditional religion, Christianity and Islamic religion; so people can be said to be religious
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      They use to worship deity like Ogun, they worship Egungun (masquerade) and there are many types of Egungun like Amomo, Kutoripaja, Akinluaduse etc. they see them as deities and people worship them for favour and also promise them in return for the favour given to them.
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes it was their original deity.
Question:   How is Ise town governed?
Answer:      Ise town is governed under the leadership of an Oba; Oba Arinjale the current Arinjale is Adetunji so he is a leader and the overall traditional leader of Ise. The town is administered under him; apart from that, Ise is under the local government Iselorun local government. The town is administered politically but traditionally, we are under the Kabiyesi.
Question:   So you are saying the system of government is practically the same with other Yoruba towns?
Answer:      Yes, there is no difference
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      They are mainly farmers
Question:   I hear Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      Yes, they use to weave before but not anymore. The weaving then was different from the type of weaving now because the weaving that goes on is the Oyo type of weaving but weaving we have is use to be different where people will dig a hole and they have their own way of arranging their materials but is different from what they are doing now which is the Oyo type.
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Well, is difficult to say how it came, I met it so I don’t know where it came from actually but generally, Ekiti weavers, I mean cloth weaving and also they weave mat.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festivals.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      Well, presently, Imoroko is one of the most popular Egungun in the town but Imoroko has been on annually and it is usually celebrated in October, then Ogun is another festival celebrated on November; eleven days after Imoroko.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      Well, usually a day is fixed for the celebration. When it is nine days to the celebration, there will be an announcement. Usually, through people called Iware ware who will announce the going out from chief to chief to tell them that nine days to come, there will be Imoroko, so on that Imoroko day, people will assemble at Ejinrin to beat the drum. The people are called Aluperemo. They are the families of Kabiyesi who came together to beat the drum and the dancing of the family of Oluse and also there are some chiefs who also arrange for the drum to be beaten in front of their homes and they dance to it so on that day, they will feat and the following day, the head of the family will assemble them to a feast in his house so the next chief in the following day the family will go to his house to feed. They will make Iyan (pounded yam), and they will seat round and usually, that annual slutter for each occasion is ram (Agbo) that is why they say Agbo (ram) is the meat of Imoroko, so every day until the last chief in the family feels the members of the family then it end until the following year again, it just a family feast.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      The economy of Ise Ekiti is just centered on agriculture nut now people are involved in other things like timbers job and all the economy is not bad but generally the way things are, the economy is not good because everybody is feeling the impact of what is going on all over Nigeria, especially this year; there is no rainfall. The rainfall is very scarce so everybody is grumpy. The farm product may not be buoyant as the whole last year or previous season, but the economy is based on farm product like cocoa, yam, palm oil, palm kernel, etc. but now timber work is now prominent.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise is very hospitable and very generous that is why we have many strangers element settling in Ise as their permanent homes and many of them construct their private homes here and they don’t even go home so we are very accommodating in Ise.
Question:   What influence did Ise borrow from her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise does not borrow influence from anybody because Ise is an original town and they host other that came from other places to settle on their land so Ise does not borrow anything from anybody except those cultures they bring from where they came in some centuries ago.

APPENDIX II
Name:                  Chief Arogundade Ayodeji
Age:                     56 years
Occupation:         Timber Contractor
Address:              No 1, Arogundade Lane, Igbeyinadun Street, Ise Ekiti
Place of interview: Ise Ekiti
Date of interview: 02/07/2015

Question:   Who were the founding fathers of Ise community?
Answer:      The founding fathers are Oba Gbaderin called Oluse, Asamo, Ikori, Oba Ajii, Onisaodu etc.
Question:   What can you please tell me about the traditions of origin of the Ise people?
Answer:      The traditions of origin of Ise people can be traced back to Benin kingdom because the person that discovered Ise is a hunter and a son of Benin king when he left Benin and settled at Okeluse then from Okeluse to Orisase which later transformed to Ise.
Question:   Are Ise people religious?
Answer:      Yes they are said to be religious because in the olden days, they were mainly traditional worshippers but now the dominant religion is Christianity. About 85% (percent) are Christians now, 10% (percent) are Muslims while traditional religion now can be said to be 5% (percent).
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      They worship Ogun and some of them worship Egungun (masquerade) Akinlualuse also worship
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes it was their original deity. It was not borrowed from her neighbour because the first person that came to this town was a hunter. You know the majority of these hunters are Egungun worshippers.
Question:   How is Ise town governed?
Answer:      Ise is governed under the leadership of Baale and under him is Oluse; under Oluse is Arinjale and Arinjale is the traditional ruler and he had some chiefs who help him to administer the town and also politically, Ise is under the leadership of local government that is Iselorun local government.
Question:   So you are saying the system of government is practically the same with other Yoruba towns?
Answer:      Yes there is no difference because all the Yoruba towns are governed the same way.
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      Predominantly farmers.
Question:   I hear Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      Yes, they weave in the olden days but no longer because of the civilization. They are now doing Aso Oke and the way they are doing it in the olden days is not like the way it is being done now.
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes, it was originated from Ise because other areas like Ondo people, Ilesha, Owo, Ikare; they all come here to buy the woven cloth and mat from our people.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festivals such as Egungun festival, Imoroko, Ose, Alele, Ogbese etc. like my own Chieftaincy title now is based on Adunere that is Ogun which normally comes up before the festival called Adunere; the next day to Oja Arijidi is the day the Ise people use to celebrate Aduneere.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      The most popular festival is Ogun festival and Imoroko.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      On the first day of the festival, the people will go to Oja Arijidi and at that very day in the night, the Kabiyesi will come out of his palace with some people and chiefs that will join him to make the Ogun and immediately they finish, the nest person that will do his own is Olowe and after Olowe, every other people are free to do it.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      The economy of Ise Ekiti infact we can even say that its economy of Ekiti state because this is a place we have timbers, cocoa, palm oil, palm kernel and other cash crops.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      Yes, Ise is very accommodating, even the non-natives like to stay here because they are free to do anything and that is why we have many farm tools; we have over 176 farm implements in Ise Ekiti
Question:   What influence did Ise borrow from her neighbour?
Answer:      I can only say our neighbours borrow from us because there is nothing we can borrow from them and mostly, our neighbour from us because most of the things we are doing her, our neighbours are also doing the same. Notable examples here are Orun, in the entire street in Ise Ekiti. The Orun people gave all their streets names; we have up to ten names from the street sucha s Odo Ise, Odo Odi, Ojude, Oko Odo, Oke Odi, they have it in Orun.

APPENDIX III
Name:                  Mr Ojuawo Ayodeji
Age:                     47 years
Occupation:         Civil Servant
Address:              No 108, Uso Road, Ise Ekiti
Place of Interview: Ise Ekiti
Date of interview: 17/10/2015

Question:   Sir, can you please tell me how Ise Ekiti was established?
Answer:      Ise was established 100 years ago by Oba Gbaderin who happened to be the son of Oba Benin. They came from Okeluse, Oba Gbaderin was an hunter and led his people from Okeluse top Ise, Okeluse is in Ondo state.
Question:   Who were the founding fathers of Ise community?
Answer:      The founding fathers of Ise community are Oba Gbaderin, Asamo, Ikori, Obaaji.
Question:   What can you please tell me about the traditions of origin of the Ise people?
Answer:      Ise people came from Benin because the first person that discovered Ise was a son of Oba Benin and he was a hunter searching for his game. Ise people traced back their origin to Benin and also, Ise language can be likened to that of Benin.
Question:   Are Ise people religious?
Answer:      Yes, Ise people are very religious although we have different religions in Ise such as Christianity, Islamic religion and traditional religion (Esin Abalaye). Before the arrival of Christianity, traditional religions were the major religion in Ise and the people worshipped and belief in it.
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      Ise people worship deities such as Ogun, Egungun, Ose, Akinluse, Ogbese etc. a lot of deities are worshipped here in Ise.
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      the deity was originally identified with the Ise people.
Question:   How is Ise town governed?
Answer:      Ise town is governed under the leadership of Oba Adetunji Arinjale, he is the overall traditional leader of Ise; under him, the town is administered with the assistance of his chiefs in various quarters and they help him addressing and solving matters. Politically, the town was under Iselorun Local Government.
Question:   So you are saying the system of government is practically the same with other Yoruba towns?
Answer:      Yes there is not difference at all.
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      Ise people are predominantly farmers.
Question:   I hear Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      Yes, Ise people use to weave; they weave mat, cloth (Aso Ofi).
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      I can’t say.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festivals.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      Imoroko, Egungun such as Amomo, Owiwi, Ose, Alile, Ogun etc.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      I don’t know the process or it is being celebrated.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      the economy of Ise is based on agriculture (i.e. cash crops) such as Orange, cocoa, palm oil etc.). But now, people engage in timber work, we can say Ise economy is the Ekiti state economy because it is the largest cocoa producer in Ekiti state in terms of timber, Ise is the second largest in forest reserves and they produce varieties of tree such as Iroko, Masonia etc.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise is very generous and hospitable. Many civil servants build their houses in Ise. Infact, the Igbo and Hausa adopt Ise as their base and many of them married to the indigenous Ise people.

APPENDIX IV
Name:                            Mrs B.D. Bello
Age:                               55 years
Occupation:                   Teacher
Address:                        No10 Ireakari Street, Ise Ekiti
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         17/07/2015

Question:   Sir, can you please tell me how Ise Ekiti was established?
Answer:      Ise Ekiti emanated 100 years ago by the people who left Benin to settle in Okeluse in Ondo state and from Okeluse to the present day, Ise has been under the leadership of Oba Gbaderin who was the son of Oba Benin
Question:   Who were the founding fathers of Ise community?
Answer:      The founding fathers of Ise can be said to be the people who migrated along Oba Gbaderin from Benin to Okeluse and there to Ise. Some of them can be regarded as the father of Ise community such as Oba Gbaderin, Asamo, Oisaodu, Ikori, Obaaji to mention but a few.
Question:   What can you please tell me about the traditions of origin of the Ise people?
Answer:      Ise came directly or traditionally from Benin, it should be noted that Ise language is likened to that of Benin and there is only a little difference between their language even, culture and other things. So Ise is offspring of Benin kingdom.
Question:   Are Ise people religious?
Answer:      Ise people are religious and before the coming of the Europeans, traditional religion dominated the town.
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      Ise community worshipped varieties of deities such as Akinluse. Ogbese. Ogun, Egungun such as Amomo, Owiwi etc.
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      the deity we are talking about was our original deity and it is not as if we borrowed it from anybody and Oba Gbaderin who discovered Ise is a hunter and you know the hunter use to celebrate the Ogun festival.
Question:   How is Ise town governed?
Answer:      from the culture of Ise, Ise Ekiti is so rich in culture and the system of government can be likened to the parliamentary system of government, the hierarchy of arrangement we have the Kabiyesi, the Arinjale of Ise land that is the Oba then Ise is divided into three major quarters namely Odo’se, Oraye and Erinwa, we have the prominent kingmakers, they called them Iwarewa mefa that is comprising of the three prominent leaders. The three quarters has two prominent chiefs each and we have the next to the Kabiyesi who is Chief Obaaji followed by chief Onisaodu of Odo’se while Erinwa have chief Asamo and Oraye have chief Elemo and other chiefs but these chiefs which have been mentioned above. Their assignment is purposely kingmakers called Iwarewa mefa, they can be likened to the people who concede the assembly; they have the final say in decision making in traditional matters in Ise and also politically, Ise is under the administration of Iselorun local government.
Question:   So you are saying the system of government is practically the same with other Yoruba towns?
Answer:      Yes, there is no difference.
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      Agrarian settlement.
Question:   I hear Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      Yes, Ise people use to weave in the past but no more in existence as a result of civilization and technology and the method they use and weave then is quite different from the way being done now.
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Well, it is difficult to say how it came and how it started. In short, I don’t know but Ekiti people were popularly known as weavers.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Ise people were born to celebrate festivals. Traditional festival provides a glimpse into the life of African society. They serve as synthesis of various arts forms and also reflect the religious sensibilities of the people. Ise Ekiti is no exception in this regard. There are many festivals in the Ise calendar.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      Imoroko, Egungun, Ogun are the most popular festival in Ise Ekiti.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      Egungun festival is regarded as an All-saints affair. The ancestors return as masked being to visit their children. The Egungun festival is celebrated in the month of April, the masquerades go to the palace to pay homage to the king. The festival enjoys participation from the three quarters of the town. Odo’se, Oraye and Erinwa.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      Ise can be likened to Idare in Ondo state, they are buoyant in terms of economy even commercially with the town, there is no business you can lay your hands on at Ise that will not flourish that is why in Ekiti state, Ise Ekiti has 90% of residents settled at Ise such as Igala, Idoma, Igbos, Hausa etc. Also, it can be said that the economy of Ise is the economy of Ekiti state for instance, in terms of natural resources, Ise Ekiti is very lucky. We have the Ekiti state forest reserves in Ise and it is very large which shares border with Ojbese in Ikere, then Afolu, Obada then it stretches to Iju Itaogbolu, it stretches to Uso in Owo local government area in Ondo state. It is a very large expanse in fact in former Ondo state when will take Ala. Oposu forest Ise is number two when we are under the Ondo state while the Ondo state has the largest also, in terms of cash crops, which is grown in Ise kingdom are cocoa, kolanut, palm tree, tobacco, cashew etc., the major food crops grown in this area include yam, cassava, cocoyam, maize plantain, banana etc. different species of beans, varieties of vegetables, pepper, tomatoes etc. tree crops include coconut, mango, citrus fruits, guava etc. all the above mentioned dominate the Ise Ekiti economy and earn Ise a place in the economy of Ekiti state at large.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      To say the fact, Ise is very accommodating and generous; Ise is a place to be at least since I have been in Ise, I built my house in Ise and I married in Ise. Ise love to accommodate strangers.

APPENDIX V
Name:                            Mr Olatunde Ajayi
Age:                               44 years
Occupation:                   Business man
Address:                        No 8, Ireakari Street, Orun-Ekiti
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         10/10/2015

Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      They worship deities like Akinluse, Ogun, Egungun etc.
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes, it was their original deity
Question:   How is Ise town governed?
Answer:      Ise town is governed both traditionally and politically. In most part of Nigeria, basis of organization is the family. In Yoruba language, the family is known as Ebi, the family system affect every aspect of life. Chiefs were appointed by family interests and affiliation sand land was regarded as family land. The main forum for Ebi is the family council which is presided over by the person regarded as the head of the family (Omo abi). Meetings are held on a regular basis at these meeting, family matters are discussed, division of family land, arrangement for performing firmly ceremony and the filling of family titles which have become vacant. The traditional administration is built up in form of hierarchy at the zenith of the administration is the Oba, the ruler of the community. Oba is described as Alase Ekeji Orisa, absolute power rest in the hands of the king also the chiefs were known as Elumo which is the highest council in the land and they performed the functions of judiciary, its judgement is final and can neither be reviewed nor appealed, the Arinjale himself presides over the council, the legislative arms of government is provided by another council of chiefs known as Iwarafa mefa. The chiefs in this council are responsible for law making; the council is also presided over by the king politically. Ise is governed under the authority of Iselorun local; government.
Question:   So you are saying the system of government is practically the same with other Yoruba towns?
Answer:      The system of government is the same with other Yoruba kingdoms
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      They are farmers.
Question:   I hear Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      Ise people weave and the major fabrics that are in common use by the people of the state are Aso Oke (Ofi), Sanyan, Etu Waji, Alaari. All these were woven in Ise Ekiti. Apart from cloth weaving, Ise is known for mat weaving, basket etc. We can them weavers.
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes, it is originally not a borrowed idea.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festivals.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      Ogun festival, Imoroko festival, Ose festival, Alile festival, Egungun festival etc.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      I don’t know precisely how it is being celebrated. What I know is that the Ogun festival is celebrated in hounour of Ogun the god of iron.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      Well, Ise Ekiti is very buoyant in terms of economy. Majorly, her economy centered on agricultural products and depends solely on cash crops like cocoa, palm tree, kolanut, orange etc. but people are involved in other things apart from agriculture like timber business and Ise was the second largest forest reserves in former Ondo state and it can be said to be Ise Ekiti economy. Ekiti state economy at large even the men came to Ise to buy trees like Iroko, Araba, etc, all these constituted Ise’s economy.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise People are generous. Majority of the settlers in Ise were strangers, many of them construct their private homes in Ise and many of them married in Ise.

APPENDIX VI
Name:                            Chief Esan Ikori
Age:                               78 years
Occupation:                   Farmer
Address:                        No 11, Iyerake Street, Ise Ekiti
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         10/10/2015

Question:   Sir, can you please tell me how Ise Ekiti was established?
Answer:      Ise Ekiti came from Ile-Ife, Arinjale, Awujale and the king of Benin all left Ile-Ife on the same day because they were sons of Oduduwa. They said they wanted to progress and settled in their Owu land and on their way, Arinjale stepped forward and settled in Ijebu-Ode and Arinjale settled at a place they call Okeluse while Oba of Benin went to Benin but Okeluse Arinjale did not stay long there and the first place Arinjale settled at is called Olokuta but thunder was very much there is why he left Olokuta to Okeluse and Gbaderin is the person that discovered Ise, Gbaderin was a hunter who saw things that is happening at Okeluse and decided to move forward to the present day called Ise and he was moving up and down and he said there is no mountain in Ise and he went back to Okeluse to inform his member that he had discovered a new place where there is no mountain and the entire mountain there, Orisa has dissolved them. The world Orisase is where Ise is being derived and many people who were followers of Gbaderin were still in Okeluse and Gbaderin is the first Oba of Ise.
Question:   Who were the founding fathers of Ise community?
Answer:      The founding fathers of Ise are Oba Gbaderin, Ikori, Asamo, Onisaodu, Obaaji, elemo. They were the people who settled in Ise 100 years ago. Owaba, Weji, Ojowu.
Question:   What can you please tell me about the traditions of origin of the Ise people?
Answer:      Origin of Ise can be said that they were the people who left Ile-Ife to Benin because the son of Oba Benin that is Gbaderin is the founder of Ise. It can be said that traditionally, Ise came from Benin.
Question:   Are Ise people religious?
Answer:      Ise people are religious. They were traditionalist; traditional religion is their major and dominant religion over the years before the advent of other religion such as Christianity and Islam.
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      Ise worship a lot of deities but Akinluade is the major deity in Ise. There are other deities like Ogun, Egugnun. Akin had been the most popular deity and the deity is celebrated with Imoroko festival and all the people of the commonly must participate in it and dance to the palace.
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      It is our original deity and not borrowed.
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      Predominantly farmers.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festival such as Imoroko which is the festival that connects all the people of Ise together.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      Well Ogun and Imoroko is the most popular festival in Ise and the festival that the women celebrate which is popular is Alile while the family of Ojomu celebrates Ogboile etc.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      Imoroko festival is fixed when it is nine days to the celebration and there will be an announcement at the palace and the people will bring out drum and the drum will be beaten by the children and the ninth day, they will come to the kings palace and beat the drums in front of the king and chiefs like Ikori, Asamo, Elemo among others will dance at the palace and they will pray for both the male, female and the children at home and abroad and as well pray for the entire community at large.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      In all towns in Ekiti state, Ise is a place that has a lot of resources and despite all the resources; the government did not reckoned with Ise and the whole Ekiti. Ise has the largest forest reserves of 37 square miles and also we have a cocoa farm even when Ise uis under Ondo state, Ise is number two since the establishment of Ekiti. Ise is still number two town that has the largest cocoa production in Ekiti state; it has timber, palm oil which is the largest palm oil in Ekiti and we have orange which used to be transported to Kano state, banana in abundance, plantain etc. Ise has a lot of resources.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise people had a lot of strangers; there is no town in Ekiti that has the number of stranger Ise people has. Ise had fives villages with five different Grammar school such as Afolu Grammar School, Obada Grammar School, Ogbese Grammar School, Ajegunle Grammar School, Kajola Grammar School, Temidire Grammar School as they have all these in their village, they have it in towns and Ise had about 42 settlements with market and electricity.
Question:   What influence did Ise borrow from her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise is governed under the leadership of Baale from him to Oba and current Arinjale is Adetunji; he is the overall leader and traditional leader. Also, he has chiefs who help the Arinjale in administering the town and the chiefs were appointed from each quarters in Ise Odo’se had two chiefs, Oranye had two and Erinwa had two among others. All these chiefs help in settling dispute concerning marital and land. Their assignment is to settle dispute but if they were unable to settle it, they will take the matter to the Arinjale who has the final say.

APPENDIX VII
Name:                            Elder G.B. Adebayo
Age:                               78 years
Occupation:                   Retired Civil Servant
Address:                        No 27 Ogbontitun Street, Ise Ekiti
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         10/10/2015

Question:   Who are the Emure’s?
Answer:      Well, in that aspect, I cannot tell you because I left Ise at the age of 8 years.
Question:   Are Ise people religious?
Answer:      Ise people were very religious because here in Ise about 75 percent of people in Ise are Christians while 15 percent are Muslims and 10 percent are traditional worshippers.
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      They worship Ogun and some of them worship Egungun and Akinluse or Akinluaduse.
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      The deities were original because the person referred to as Akin was the founder of Ise and also he was a hunter and majority of the hunters were Ogun worshippers.
Question:   How is Ise town governed?
Answer:      It was governed by Baale to Oluse to Arinjale; Arinjale is the head of the community and he has the final say and he also has chiefs who help him in carrying out administrative functions.
Question:   So you are saying the system of government is practically the same with other Yoruba towns?
Answer:      There is no difference with other Yoruba town
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      Farming and trading.
Question:   I hear Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      Yes, Ekiti generally is the home of weaving which is peculiar among the Ise. The Ise are known for waving in Ekiti state with fashion fabrics and they weave cloth as Aso Oke or Ofi Sangan, Etu among others and they also weave Mat, baskets; Ise people are known for weaving up till present.
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes it is originally identified with Ise and Ekiti people in general.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festival like Ogun, Egungun
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      Imoroko, Ogun, Egungun, Alile, Osen, etc.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      I don’t know how it is being celebrated.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      The economy of Ise Ekiti is primarily based on farming and trading but now the economy is so poor that people are unable to live accordingly because there is no money in the town.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      Very generous. Ise people love strangers; many of the settlers in Ise were from other state and Ise people prefer to provide for the needs of strangers rather than their brothers and sisters. Many of the stranger’s elements married to Ise indigenes and built their house here in Ise.
Question:   What influence did Ise borrow from her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise did not borrow influence from anywhere. Despite the proximity between Ise orun and Emure, Orun for example copied things Ise did, majorly all the street in Ise Orun also went along and named their street the same name.

APPENDIX VIII
Name:                            Mr Sunday Ojuawo
Age:                               80 years
Occupation:                   Farmer
Address:                        No 71, Uso Road, Ise Ekiti, Odo’se Quarters
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         10/10/2015

Question:   Sir, can you please tell me how Ise Ekiti was established?
Answer:      In the olden days, all Yoruba migrated from Ile-Ife but the king of Ise is the first born of King of Benin, Benin was the first place they settled, the king of Benin has two wives and both wives were pregnant and delivered on the same day, but the first wife who is mother of Ise delivered in 10:00 am in the morning called Aiyeyera but because of her over joyous and visitor who came to celebrate with her, she was unable to take her child to the palace for prayer of the king and when it was 2:00pm in the after, the second wife delivered and immediately she delivered, she took the baby to the palace. When they set to palace, the palace historian took the baby to he king and the king greeted her and prayed for her then the king carried the bay and gave him an emblem of a king and frayed for him and the king said when he died, the child will succeed him and called him Osunlele and when it was in the evening around 4:00pm, the first wife remembered that her child was not taken to the palace for prayer and she rushed to the palace when she got there, the palace historian took her to the king and the king rejoiced with her and he ask her when she delivered, she said 10:00am in the morning and the king ask what she has been doing since. Palace historian told the king to pray for them and he carried the baby and gave him a royal emblem and he made a statement that Osunlele will be his successor but in future, you will take all your emblems out of Benin that is why they called him Gbaderin. Gbaderin and Osunlele grew up in the same day. Osunlele did not leave the palace but Gbaderin was a hunter; when he went in search for his game, on his return, he got a message that his father is dead and immediately Osunlele became the king and he left Benin with anger and instruct his followers to settle at Okeluse. Ojomo accepted them when they settled, they began to establish. When Osunlele discovered that there was mutual agreement between Ojomo and Gbaderin, Osunlele sent a message that he wants to wage war against Okeluse and gbaderin decided to leave Okeluse to Ise.
Question:   Who were the founding fathers of Ise community?
Answer:      Oba Gbaderin, Onisaodu, Asamo, Ijkori, Obaaji, Ojomu, Owaba.
Question:   What can you please tell me about the traditions of origin of the Ise people?
Answer:      Ise people came traditionally from Benin over years ago.
Question:   Are Ise people religious?
Answer:      Ise community was religious. In the olden days, traditional religions were the major religion but later Christianity and Islamic religions gained ground. Today, 70 percent of people in Ise are Christians and 20 percent are Muslims and the remaining 10 percent are transitional worshippers.
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      Yes, they worship deities like Imoroko, Ogun, Alile, Ikeregun, Akinluaduse. etc.
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes, it is original deity because Ise is an original town who came out from Benin Kingdom.
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      Farming and trading.
Question:   I heard Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      They were weavers especially the women who engaged in weaving of clothes like Ofi called Aso Oke, Sanyan, Etu also they dye cloth to different colour and patters while the male engaged in agriculture.
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      It was identified with Ise people. They brought the art of weaving from Benin.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festivals.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      Imoroko festival, Egungun festival, Ogun festival, Alile, Ose Ogbese etc.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      Imoroko festival is a day fixed. All the chiefs will kill rams (Agbo) in sacrifice to their fore-fathers and prepared pounded yam at the evening, they burn yellow tam and pound it and they will put palm oil and salt and they put little to the burial of their fore-fathers and they will kill ram and add kolanut and schnapps (Oti). After that, all the chiefs in the family will prepare pounded yam and take it to the head of the family and all family will eat the pounded yam. After that, all the chiefs will meet at the palace to pray for the town and eat in the palace, dance and this Imoroko is celebrated on the ninth day.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      Ise had a lot of resources; when there was no cocoa, Ise were known with production of yam, plantain, cocoyam, orange, palm oil and kolanut. Later, Ise got involved in cocoa production. This cocoa transformed the economy of Ise because Ise was the largest cocoa produce up till present in Ekiti and also timber was another area of economy in Ise. Ise was the forest reserve which was the second in Ekiti and economy of Ise Ekiti state derive a lot from it.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise is generous to her neighbour, Ise also love strangers.
Question:   What influence did Ise borrow from her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise did not borrow influence from her neighbour.

APPENDIX IX
Name:                            Mrs Thomas Olaoluwa
Age:                               50 years
Occupation:                   Teacher
Address:                        Ise Ekiti
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         10/10/2015

Question:   Who are the Ise’s?
Answer:      Ise people are sub-group of Yoruba and can be found in present day Ekiti state.
Question:   Where are they located?
Answer:      Ise Ekiti is very close to Emure Ekiti and Ise/Orun local government.
Question:   What can you please tell me about the traditions of origin of the Ise people?
Answer:      I don’t know much about the traditions of origin but it is only the king that can give you accurate information concerning their traditions. The only thing I know is that we came from Ile-Ife.
Question:   Who were the founding fathers of Ise community?
Answer:      The founding father of Ise according to what I heard from my parent is that Gbaderin who happened to be the first king of Ise. We also heard that some chiefs that migrated with him from Benin to the present Ise town in Ekiti state such as Asamo, Onisaodu etc.
Question:   Are Ise people religious?
Answer:      Yes
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      We have many deities in Ise such as Sango, Ogun, Ifa and so on. Traditionally, we have a strong belief in these gods because we regard them as an intermediary between us and Olodumare (God).
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Exactly, they are part of our history; we don’t borrow them from anywhere.
Question:   How is Ise town governed?
Answer:      We practice monarchical system of government like other Yoruba settlement or town. Arinjale is the paramount ruler of Ise and also the political law, he has many chiefs who serve as the executive or cabinet also we have the kingmakers that are responsible for the selection and enthronement of king. This was the system we practice before the colonial and after colonialism.
Question:   So you are saying the system of government is practically the same with other Yoruba towns?
Answer:      Yes.
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      Predominantly agriculture, hunting and our female are involved in mat weaving, dyeing, tailoring etc. but colonialism introduced to us new occupation such as teaching, engineering and so on.
Question:   I heard Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      Yes.
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      It was borrowed from Ifaki Ekiti
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes they celebrate festivals.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      The most popular festivals are Imoroko, Ose, Alile, Egungun, Ogun etc.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      The Arinjale celebrate its festival once in a year and it attracted all Ise indigenes both home and abroad, prayers were done by the king while the chiefs and the custodian of the festival pry for everybody present, kolanut were broken to appease the gods.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      The economy of Ise Ekiti depended on agriculture as you know that this place is a rural area, we produce varieties of crops both cash crops and food crops and we also practices commercial farming. We exported our agriculture products to international market. We also make sufficient money from saw mill and also collect revenue from our villages.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      We are very friendly because we have in our community people from different economic background such as the Igbos, Igala, Nupe, Fulani, Idoma etc.
Question:   What influence did Ise borrow from her neighbour?
Answer:      Cultural influence for example, they share the same political history and cultural history like other Yoruba towns.

APPENDIX X
Name:                            Mr Sunday Ogunyemi
Age:                               76 years
Occupation:                   Civil Servant
Address:                        No 10, Odo Emure
Place of interview:        Emure
Date of interview:         10/10/2015

Question:   Who are the Emure’s?
Answer:      Emure are Yoruba by traditions who traced their origin to Ile-Ife. They are very rich in culture and their populations according to 2006 National Census is 94,264
Question:   Who are the Ise’s?
Answer:      The tradition of origin of Emure is traceable to Ile-Ife. It was stated that Fagbamila Obadudu, the progenitor of Emure was the son of Oba Oranmiyan who happened to be the last son of Okanbi, the only son of Oduduwa, the acclaimed father of the Yoruba ace as we all know as it was common in those days that king usually instruct their prince to search for a place to settle. This made Fagbamila Oba Dudu under the instruction of Oranmiyan his father and the prolusion of Oduduwa to leave Ile-Ife with his member in other to search for a settlement, the traditions claimed that Obadudu as he left Ile-Ife, he was given a beaded crown, a sword, fern leaves, Akoko leaf, Atorun (cane) and a giant leather fan male of tiger skin, the fan leaf is called Imu in Yoruba language, the act of given fan leaf to Oba dud later became Imu re e o meaning (this are your fan leaves) . The present Emure derived their name from this extract. Oba dud left the Ife to Igbo Owa near river Ose and this later developed to Emure Ekiti century later.
Question:   Where are they located?
Answer:      They rare found in city of Ekiti state. It is located 7.44 latitude and 5.46 longitudes and it is situated at Elevation 379 mitres above sea level Emure Ekiti is the fifth biggest city in Ekiti state, it borders Ise Ekiti, Ikere Ekiti, Owo, Ado and Akure.
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      The deity practiced by other Yoruba towns.
Question:   I heard Ekiti is home to weaving, do Emure people also weave?
Answer:      Yes.
Question:   Do Emure people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festivals.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Emure town?
Answer:      Odun Ijesu, Ogun festival.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of Emure Ekiti?
Answer:      The people of Emure Ekiti like other Yoruba town relied on agriculture

APPENDIX XI
Name:                            Moses Famakinwa
Age:                               65 years
Occupation:                   Timber Contractor
Address:                        Emure Ekiti
Place of interview:        Emure
Date of interview:         10/10/2015

Question:   Who are the Emure’s?
Answer:      Emure people are Yoruba from Ile-Ife
Question:   Where are they located?
Answer:      They can be found in the present Emure local government bothered in the West by Ise, in the North by Ado, in the South by Ifeki and in the East by Alaye.
Question:   Sir, can you please tell me how Emure was established?
Answer:      It was established by Oba dud who came from Ile-Ife and Obadudu was regarded as one of the child of Oranmiyan
Question:   Who were the founding fathers of Emure community?
Answer:      Obadudu Fagbamila
Question:   Are Emure people religious?
Answer:      Yes, they are religious.
Question:   What deity do Emure people worship?
Answer:      Ogun, Sango, Egungun
Question:   How is Emure town governed?
Answer:      We have the same political administration with other Yoruba towns but the colonial administration had interrupted our indigenous political system.
Question:   What is the occupation of Emure people?
Answer:      Predominantly farming and trading.
Question:   I heard Ekiti is home to weaving, do Emure people also weave?
Answer:      Yes, they are weavers.
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Emure people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      I cannot say much on that.
Question:   Do Emure people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festivals such as Iluyanwa, Egungun
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Emure town?
Answer:      Iluyanwa festival.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of Emure Ekiti?
Answer:      The economy of Emure is centered on agriculture and commerce.
Question:   Is Emure town hostile or generous towards her neighbours?
Answer:      They are very generous with their neighbour. Many strangers settled in Emure Ekiti.
Question:   What influence did Emure borrow from her neighbours?
Answer:      Nothing.
Question:   What are the similarities and socio-cultural organization of Emure and Ise Ekiti?
Answer:      We speak the same Ekiti language, our culture is the same thing but the only difference is that we have different traditions of origin.

APPENDIX XII
Name:                            Mr Sunday Olayokun
Age:                               78 years
Occupation:                   Farmer
Address:                        No 77, Ireakari Street, Ise Ekiti
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         02/07/2015

Question:   Who were the founding fathers of Ise community?
Answer:      Oba Gbaderin called Oluse, Asamo, Ikori, Oba Ajii.
Question:   What can you please tell me about the traditions of origin of the Ise people?
Answer:      The traditions of origin of Ise people can be traced back to Benin kingdom because the person that discovered Ise is a hunter and a son of Benin king when he left Benin and settled at Okeluse then from Okeluse to Orisase which later transformed to Ise.
Question:   Are Ise people religious?
Answer:      Yes they are said to be religious because in the olden days, they were mainly traditional worshippers but now the dominant religion is Christianity. About 85% (percent) are Christians now, 10% (percent) are Muslims while traditional religion now can be said to be 5% (percent).
Question:   What deity do Ise people worship?
Answer:      They worship Ogun and some of them worship Egungun (masquerade) Akinlualuse also worship
Question:   Was it theirs originally or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes it was their original deity. It was not borrowed from her neighbour because the first person that came to this town was a hunter. You know the majority of these hunters are Egungun worshippers.
Question:   How is Ise town governed?
Answer:      Ise is governed under the leadership of Baale and under him is Oluse; under Oluse is Arinjale and Arinjale is the traditional ruler and he had some chiefs who help him to administer the town and also politically, Ise is under the leadership of local government that is Iselorun local government.
Question:   So you are saying the system of government is practically the same with other Yoruba towns?
Answer:      Yes there is no difference because all the Yoruba towns are governed the same way.
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      Predominantly farmers.
Question:   I hear Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      Yes, they weave in the olden days but no longer because of the civilization. They are now doing Aso Oke and the way they are doing it in the olden days is not like the way it is being done now.
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes, it was originated from Ise because other areas like Ondo people, Ilesha, Owo, Ikare; they all come here to buy the woven cloth and mat from our people.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festivals such as Egungun festival, Imoroko, Ose, Alele, Ogbese etc. like my own Chieftaincy title now is based on Adunere that is Ogun which normally comes up before the festival called Adunere; the next day to Oja Arijidi is the day the Ise people use to celebrate Aduneere.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      The most popular festival is Ogun festival and Imoroko.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      On the first day of the festival, the people will go to Oja Arijidi and at that very day in the night, the Kabiyesi will come out of his palace with some people and chiefs that will join him to make the Ogun and immediately they finish, the nest person that will do his own is Olowe and after Olowe, every other people are free to do it.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      The economy of Ise Ekiti infact we can even say that its economy of Ekiti state because this is a place we have timbers, cocoa, palm oil, palm kernel and other cash crops.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      Yes, Ise is very accommodating, even the non-natives like to stay here because they are free to do anything and that is why we have many farm tools; we have over 176 farm implements in Ise Ekiti
Question:   What influence did Ise borrow from her neighbour?
Answer:      I can only say our neighbours borrow from us because there is nothing we can borrow from them and mostly, our neighbour from us because most of the things we are doing her, our neighbours are also doing the same. Notable examples here are Orun, in the entire street in Ise Ekiti. The Orun people gave all their streets names; we have up to ten names from the street sucha s Odo Ise, Odo Odi, Ojude, Oko Odo, Oke Odi, they have it in Orun.

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APPENDIX XIII
Name:                            Mr Ade Olaoluwa
Age:                               55 years
Occupation:                   Civil Servant
Address:                        No 294, Oke-Odi Street, Ise Ekiti
Place of Interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         17/10/2015

APPENDIX XIV
Name:                            Mrs Kemi Alagbada
Age:                               45 years
Occupation:                   Trader
Address:                        Ogbontioro Street, Ise Ekiti
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         10/10/2015

APPENDIX XV
Name:                            Mr Olatunde Alaba
Age:                               48 years
Occupation:                   Business man
Address:                        No 18, Ireakari Street, Ise Ekiti
Place of interview:        Ise Ekiti
Date of interview:         10/10/2015

Question:   How is Ise town governed?
Answer:      Ise town is governed both traditionally and politically. In most part of Nigeria, basis of organization is the family. In Yoruba language, the family is known as Ebi, the family system affect every aspect of life. Chiefs were appointed by family interests and affiliation sand land was regarded as family land. The main forum for Ebi is the family council which is presided over by the person regarded as the head of the family. Meetings are held on a regular basis at these meeting, family matters are discussed, division of family land, arrangement for performing firmly ceremony and the filling of family titles which have become vacant. The traditional administration is built up in form of hierarchy at the zenith of the administration is the Oba, the ruler of the community. Oba is described as Alase Ekeji Orisa, absolute power rest in the hands of the king also the chiefs were known as Elumo which is the highest council in the land and they performed the functions of judiciary, its judgement is final and can neither be reviewed nor appealed, the Arinjale himself presides over the council, the legislative arms of government is provided by another council of chiefs known as Iwarafa mefa.
Question:   So you are saying the system of government is practically the same with other Yoruba towns?
Answer:      The system of government is the same with other Yoruba kingdoms
Question:   This weaving was it originally identify with Ise people or was it borrowed from your neighbours?
Answer:      Yes, it is originally not a borrowed idea.
Question:   Do Ise people celebrate festivals?
Answer:      Yes, they celebrate festivals.
Question:   What is the name of the most popular festival in Ise town?
Answer:      Ogun festival, Imoroko festival, Ose festival, Alile festival, Egungun festival etc.
Question:   How is it celebrated?
Answer:      I don’t know precisely how it is being celebrated. What I know is that the Ogun festival is celebrated in hounour of Ogun the god of iron.
Question:   What can you tell me about the economy of the Ekiti?
Answer:      Majorly, her economy centered on agricultural products and depends solely on cash crops like cocoa, palm tree, kolanut, orange etc. but people are involved in other things apart from agriculture like timber business and Ise was the second largest forest reserves in former Ondo state and it can be said to be Ise Ekiti economy. Ekiti state economy at large even the men came to Ise to buy trees like Iroko, Araba, etc, all these constituted Ise’s economy.
Question:   Is Ise town hostile or generous towards her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise People are generous. Majority of the settlers in Ise were strangers, many of them construct their private homes in Ise and many of them married in Ise.
Question:   What influence did Ise borrow from her neighbour?
Answer:      Ise did not borrow influence form her neighbour because Ise is an original town; if you look at Benin, you will see that they are rich in culture and I was told that Ise was discovered by the son of Oba Benin, Ise culture is similar to that of Benin.
Question:   What is the occupation of the Ise people?
Answer:      They are farmers.
Question:   I hear Ekiti is home to weaving, do Ise people also weave?
Answer:      Ise people weave and the major fabrics that are in common use by the people of the state are Aso Oke (Ofi), Sanyan, Etu Waji, Alaari. All these were woven in Ise Ekiti. Apart from cloth weaving, Ise is known for mat weaving, basket etc. We can them weavers.

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