THE PEOPLE

The people of Okpara Inland are extremely vast and wide at large. Due to the polygamous nature of its ancestors, the people are distributed upon every facet of earth. The people of this community are known to speak the Urhobo language fluently. They are mainly pastoral and prefer to live within the reach of their immediate or extended family. The people are majorly sustenance farmers though some still do commercial farming. The historical antecedent of trading in this community was majorly byBarter. Agricultural products like food-crops e.g. water yams could be exchanged for Okra. Although with time, cowries, came to be adopted as the medium of exchange before the advent of the present legaltender of naira.Okpara market day was held everyfour days. It was called Edewor and nobody was expected to go to farm on that day. Most farmers harvested their crops during harvest period, on aday to the market with a view to taking them to themarket place the followingday. There was also hawking in the streets on ordinary days. Kokori traders patronized Okpara Market. While many Okpara people patronized Kokori Central Market. The major religion of the people in this community is Christianity. Although traditional religion thrived before the advent of Catholicism. The people also place much value on education and scholarship as they have produced notable people in diverse areas of erudite scholarship.