Palm wine tapping and distribution form a unique socio-economic and cultural practice in Enugu Ezike, embedded in rituals and social gatherings.
Provides unusually high income relative to other palm products, sustains social life, and features in festivals and ceremonies.
Documented for centuries; academic studies highlight its economic centrality to Enugu Ezike compared to palm oil or kernel.
Palm wine tapping, communal drinking, ritual libations, festival provisioning.
