Where The Reconciliation Ritual Is Performed
Located in Pakwio village, Olago South parish, Padwot sub county in Nebbi district Monoyio Ngo Okoro Kadh Acwera site is where dejected Nyipir/Gipir rested for a while on his way back to Locjudongo. Tradition says he was greatly aggrieved as he took a rest at this site.
Acwera is also the site where the people of Okoro came to avenge themselves over the people of Padwot for a crime committed by Vur Ocelo against the king [marrying off the king’s wife] but were utterly defeated by the Padwot. The site is marked by “fundo” meaning “The alkaline soil which cattle lick.’’
Today, the site is significant because of the reconciliation ritual that is performed at the site. During the Acwera ritual, the Alur king stands on the west of the site. He steps on the back of a lamb twice before it is slaughtered from its back into two equal halves. The Okoro people take one half and the Padwot take the other. After slaughtering the lamb, the Alur king greets [handshakes] the Padwot clan head, before proceeding to Wang-Lei for the next ritual.