His Highness Yosam Odur Ebii arrives in Soroti City for Ateker Festival

His Highness Yosam Odur Ebii, the Won Nyaci of Lango together with other clan leaders arrives to attend Ateker festival.

Ateker festival is an international festival organized to reunite Ateker dilect speaking countries.

The Ateker community is said to have originated from the present-day Djibouti several years ago. This group currently originates from the Nyangatom in Ethiopia, the Topotha of South Sudan, the Masai and the Turkana of Kenya, the Karimojong, Lango and Iteso of Uganda and Kenya, as well as the Masai of Tanzania.

These tribes speak similar dialects and understand each other; they also share similar cultural behaviors and ways of life.