Why is the source of the Arúga (ishi-Arugà) separated from the Arúga Nwudewo-Nvene lake?



Of a truth, Aruga Nwudewo-Nvene lake, is located at Obunægu Onu-nyo, while the source is located in Amechi-Uwani Okunano.It has some mystical connotations.
It is believed that, either by archeological proof or by native divinational sources, that the underground waterway leads from Ishi-Aruga down to Obunægu Onu-nyo.

In the olden days, if rainfall failed to take place when it was expected to drop, the Elders in Amechi- uwani would boil hot water @ 💯° centigrade in a large mud-pot, they would pour it down @ Ishi-Aruga, calling on the rain-god to release water from above. This exercise would be accompanied with the beating of Abia-ekpe drums and display of *Okaragbadiegwu* [i.e Okekpe masquerade]. After the exercise, no Jupiter again could hold the dropping of rainfall.
Sometimes, the rainfall would scare the elders as they happily jugged home, because the rainfall used to fall instantly.
The huge oil-silk tree (ukwu akpu) that has long existed there @ Ishi-Aruga, would have been hewed down, but due to some mystical belief{not superstitious}, the huge akpu tree has continued to age from generation to generation.
Furthermore, during the rainy season, when the cloud above becomes saturated, which is a sign of rainfall, the Ishi-aruga area in Amechi uwani, would be cloudy and the rainfall would drop down, starting from there and expands to other areas, especially when is a conventional rainfall.

Other Elders, in Amechi Udewo Ædaaene, please help me. ✍🏽.

© Elder Joseph Chukwuezugo Ugwuodo

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