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DAY 2: 12 DAYS ONLINE MARATHON FOR UNGBEMGBE PROMO MNEMONICS OF UNGBEMGBE U for Usokun N for Natural fruit G for Gladness B for Beauty E for Emotions M for Motivational G for Gladness B for Beauty E for Emotions U for Usokun Usokun is a community in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State of Nigeria. Usokun is bounded by Obuama (Harry's Town) and Degema Town (Atala). Usokun is one of non-Kalabari speaking communities in Degema Local Government Area. However, some aspects of our culture and traditions are similar to those of the Kalabari people. The Usokun people and the Kalabari people are neighbours. The Usokun people and Degema Town (Atala) people migrated from  Akinima/Engenni in the present-day Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State of Nigeria. Usokun is a beautiful community with a rich cultural heritage, as well as a rich topography. The Usokun people are a peace-loving people endowned with the DNA of hospitality. Usokun is ho

DAY 1: THE 12-DAYS ONLINE MARATON OF UNGBEMGBE PROMO

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#Share #Repost The 12-Days Online Marathon of Ungbemgbe Day 1 What is Ungbemgbe? #Ungbemgbe is a hit-hot single of #gbeduPoetry jam by 2'WYTH. It's a #gbeduPoetry whose theme is centred on the importance of love as a therapy during depression. It's a true life story. Although, #Ungbemgbe originally is a fruit, sweeter than sugar and honey but figuratively, #Ungbemgbe means Sweetness. HISTORY AND ETYMOLOGY OF UNGBEMGBE Ungbemgbe is one of the tropical plants, which bears "flavour-tripping" fruits, which taste several  hundred times sweeter than sugar. Ungbemgbe bears areal fruits just like guava, mango, orange, etc. trees. Through the years, Ungbemgbe has been used for drinking garri (a powdery substance obtained from cassava tubers) instead of fish. It is also used for drinking overnight palmwine to improve the taste of the palmwine. The moment you eat Ungbemgbe, every other thing you eat or drink, including water, becomes sweet. Its after-taste