At the commencement of every reign, the Ìgbà Ìwà or Calabashes of divination are brought from Ile Ìfẹ to the new king to divine what sort of reign his will be.
Two covered Calabashes, of similar shapes and sizes but with quite different contents are brought, one containing money, small pieces of cloth and other articles of merchandize, denoting peace and prosperity; the other containing miniature swords and spears, arrows, powder, bullet, razor, knives, etc., denoting wars and trouble for the Village. The King is to choose one of them before seeing the contents, and according as he chooses so will be the fate of the Village during his reign.
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