Nigeria has a lot of cultural and traditional beliefs and taboos. Some are actively practiced while others are dormant and are not necessarily practiced presently.

•For example in the Ibibio tribe using the left hand actively is a form of insult and seen as a form of negativity ,such as using the left hand to give or accept something and even using the left hand to eat.

• In the past, Ladies esp the pregnant women were not allow to look into Masquerade in the face otherwise she will born a baby that resembles Masquerade. but now adays U will find ladies taking a photo shot with the Masquerade

The taboos are not the same, they vary in ethnicity. Here are some examples:


•In the Eke-Idemilli area of the Ibo land, its a taboo to kill any form of snake.

•The Awka people do not allow the killing on their monkeys, although this is not widely practiced in ibo land generally.

•Suicide in some parts of ibo land also is a taboo, and the family would be the ones to pay the penalty if anyone commits suicide.


•In some areas of Idoma land, when the king dies, its a taboo to mourn at the funeral.

•In some parts of Yoruba land , its a taboo for pregnant women to go near a corpse.

•In some parts of Benin, displaying palm fruits in public is a taboo , rumors have it that one could even loose his or her head.

•Some parts of igbo land forbids eating of yam in the month of August.

•In some parts of Urhobo Delta State, cutting of fire wood at night when the moon is full is forbidden, rumors have it that such a person could become a statue.

All these myths are just a traditional mans theory to find some meaning to existence. A scientist would call it typical hypothesis that can never be proved. This must have been created when man had total fear of the unknown and still tried to understand the universe.

Share any cultural taboo you know about in Nigeria here;

In my village, it is a taboo to make night call with MTN

Adeoba10: In my village, it is a taboo to make night call with MTN

abeg which village?

I heard its a taboo in ikwerre land to have s.ex on the floor.

pendusky: •In the Eke-Idemilli area of the Ibo land, its
a taboo to kill any form of snake.

idemili people kill any type of snake except python

o'boy:
idemili people kill any type of snake except python

is that right? why python? is it their gods?

pendusky:
is that right? why python? is it their gods?

in the olden days,it was seen as the messenger of the gods,whenever it came to somebody house,they believe it brought message from the gods,my dad once told me that in those days whenevr a child is born the python come visiting and goes away after
but all these dont happen no more

o'boy:
in the olden days,it was seen as the messenger of the gods,whenever it came to somebody house,they believe it brought message from the gods,my dad once told me that in those days whenevr a child is born the python come visiting and goes away after
but all these dont happen no more

noted so killing python is a cultural taboo in your area, thats good to know

Funny taboo Here in yoruba land

Do not sit or eat at the entrance of a room or house, else d jinn will dine with you
Dont eat a particular food at night because itz the eleye things
Do not walk when counting the stars
Pregnant women shouldnt visit the stream at 1:00 pm cos itz ogbanje meeting time
Do not look at your spouse in the eye while cohabit else you'd give birth to a shameless baby

Ati be be lo
Etc etc etc etc

Anyways, yoruba taboos are mostly for preventive measures

It's a taboo in my village to buy a new java phone...


Na computer village sha & na updated taboo be dat

bintalabi: Funny taboo Here in yoruba land

Do not sit or eat at the entrance of a room or house, else d jinn will dine with you
Dont eat a particular food at night because itz the eleye things
Do not walk when counting the stars
Pregnant women shouldnt visit the stream at 1:00 pm cos itz ogbanje meeting time
Do not look at your spouse in the eye while cohabit else you'd give birth to a shameless baby

Ati be be lo
Etc etc etc etc

Anyways, yoruba taboos are mostly for preventive measures

thanks for sharing...

Hey mr op, modify that ur ibo to igbo, and modify that ur akwa to awka... Awka people don't eat or kill monkey because it is the messenger of the gods. If u go to obi imo awka shrine, u will see some monkeys there. They use it whenever they want to celebrate their imo awka festival. And once again modify that ur Eke-idemili by removing the Eke in it. Eke means python, ƧƟ people call their python eke-idemili which means idemili python( idemili is a town at anambra state)










Op I will contribute more to ur story if u modify ur post

ngozievergreen: I heard its a taboo in ikwerre land to have s.ex on the floor.

which part of ikwerre is that? And what are the reasons for this?

I will modify after.

Kingslaw: I will modify after.

Are u pendusky?

"do not spend all your money in one place"

In the Idemili area of Anambra state, killing pythons is a taboo. Apparently, if you kill one one, you have to bury it in the manner a human is buried, with a coffin, grave and all that. Crazy crazy crazy stuff.

In my area,its a taboo to whistle,custom says it attracts snakes.

In Ekiti,where I did my NYSC,its a taboo to sleep on the reverse side of the mat.

I will comment On topic later. Meanwhile it's a taboo to comment on this post after midnight

There's a masquerade in Ibadan, Oloolu, it is said that women are not allowed to see this masquerade...any woman that does this will be drained of her blood instantly

Rumor has it that a childless woman deliberately crossed his path one year seeking to die cos she is childless but irrespective of that the thing took pity on her and gave her a baby. I dunno the authencity of the rumor though But I know for sure women are not allowed to see it, ever. You see women running Helter Skelter trying to escape it's path.

Kai, Ibadan oo
Some people will tell you it's a taboo for you to cross over people's outstretched legs or people to cross over your outstretched legs because the person on whose legs were crossed over will have babies that look like the person who crossed. Crazy huh?

Eating Indomie without bitter kola

i cant believe what i heard in this thread - https://www.nairaland.com/1541785/daughter-cannot-enter-house-doesnt

Village? Wen last av i been dia,let alone of knowin the taboo

#stewpid posts making fb. my village really frowns at that!

has any of you here given your life to Jesus Christ?

where are you going to spend eternity, have you considered that?

Hackerjay: Village? Wen last av i been dia,let alone of knowin the taboo

bow ur head in shit-pool bro

.... Drinking Garri without Groundnuts and Sugar

In my part of Igboland it is a taboo to kill green grass snakes and some other short fat snake.
Supposedly if one kills them,they will have to bury them like humans( I will not spare any snake)

Igbos consider it bad luck to go over someone's outstretched legs
If you did that you will have to go over it again from the opposite side to nullify it lol

A baby should not look at a mirror

There is also an Igbo proverb that if a man chops his wife in the standing position and she conceives,the baby will be an imb.ecile

Opening an umbrella indoors is also considered bad luck

In my mother's village,a married woman must not sleep in her father's house on an eke market day

I don't know of any! And I don't care to know.

In Bende all men are initiated to know Okonko but before the initiation they take oat never to reveal to a non member even their children what Okonko is, and when the enter the Okonko shrine they make a sweet dancing sound that attracts the whole village. Its a very rich tradition and people travel from cities to be part of Okonko at the New Yam Festival. In my village women can't know Okonko till they die.