OYIBO DEY CALL AM ALLERGIC REACTION
[quote author=Freemanan post=38834966][b]It was 6 o’clock on a weekend evening. New York City in the U.S. was getting set for the night life as guests of Nigerian extraction, decked in flamboyant African traditional attires, started trooping into the residence of late Ambassador Edwin Ogbu for a dinner party. The calibre of dignitaries in attendance easily indicated the importance of the party.

There were varieties of food for the guests and everyone had their fill, and left satisfied, except Chief Patrick Nwamu, the Odogwu of Asaba and multi-millionaire businessman. The dinner left him with a swollen mouth accompanied with excruciating pains which he suffered for two days before he realised too late that he had offended Onishe Ahaba, the mother goddess of Asaba, Delta State his native land. The goddess is most times simply known as Onishe.

Chief Nwamu narrates his experience:
“At the party, I had okra soup. Unknown to me, it was blended with ogbono. The next day, I had a swollen mouth with severe pains. Upon investigation, I was told by the Ambassador’s wife who is a Yoruba lady that the soup I ate at the party was mixed with ogbono. It was then I knew where my problem came from. It is a taboo for Asaba natives to eat ogbono soup because our mother goddess, Onishe uses it for spiritual purification which in local parlance is known as ife-ahu.”

Chief Nwamu reveals: “Onishe once appeared to my brother’s wife in Asaba. My brother came home to take the Alor traditional title. Though, before their departure from the city, my brother had warned his wife not to cook ogbono soup because it is forbidden in his place, she had refused to heed the advice. It was while she was dishing the food upstairs for the husband that our mother, Onishe appeared to her with a warning for her not to ever prepare ogbono soup for her son (her husband) again, and that she should take the soup to their non-Asaba neighbours downstairs. Immediately after, she disappeared. The woman ran to her husband to relay her experience and everybody present was taken aback.”
However, it is believed that those who see Onishe as mere absence of reality suffer consequences when they act in any way contradictory to what she stands for.



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/onishe-ahaba-why-asaba-people-forbid-ogbono-soup/

;DStories or no stories,I can't wait to have me ogbonuo soup tonight

neocortex:


But you have not!

how many shrines have you cooked or did party in ?

is that really necessary.

#Proudly Asaba and eating Ogbono soup like no man's business. Gen. 1:12. Everything God created, He saw that it was GOOD.

,According to that logic ,Since God created bats,vultures and cockroaches we should eat them?

Fact is there are many people alive today who will die,I repeat die if they eat groundnuts or eggs. That is their personal constitution or "taboo" food if one chooses to explain it with deities. SO spare us the Genesis argument

Knew about it when I served there. They are forbidden to sell it as well even to outsiders.

What's the definition of hogwash .... this thread.

omonnakoda:
,According to that logic ,Since God created bats,vultures and cockroaches we should eat them?

Fact is there are many people alive today who will die,I repeat die if they eat groundnuts or eggs. That is their personal constitution or "taboo" food if one chooses to explain it with deities. SO spare us the Genesis argument

Food allergies is very different since it is an individual thing. This is more like collective ignorance.

damton:
Old babaric beliefs. The world has evolved. once you believe in the true God, you can even cook it and do party right in the shrine of the god or goddess

Can you explain how avoiding certain foods is barbaric, or do you even know what the word means?

damton:
Do you know the church I attend.

All the churches are from the Roman Catholic Church where they practice symbolic cannibalism. Even Islam is from the Roman Catholic Church.

solpat:
#Proudly Asaba and eating Ogbono soup like no man's business. Gen. 1:12. Everything God created, He saw that it was GOOD.

Have you read the old testaments ban on foods?

ezeagu:


Can you explain how avoiding certain foods is barbaric, or do you even know what the word means?



All the churches are from the Roman Catholic Church where they practice symbolic cannibalism. Even Islam is from the Roman Catholic Church.

Soukiss:
there is nothing unclean but clean if u believe. so does soldiers that .

leave in North East which I no they cook generally in one port.what will say about them. let me tale u they best soup is Okoro and obogno soup

your English is fantastic

Onishe is too greedy

ilyas26:
Superstitious story, it's possible he is allergic to ogbono soup that's why he had a swollen mouth. I don't believe all those cock and bull stories

And who's begging you??
Just learn to behave yourself and leave those that believe in them!!
And if you dare think is a mere story you should check out.

That's what differentiate us from the western world!!
Africa religion simply the best.
Unlike God and Allah stories, well cooked lies.

Proudly Asaba... Asaba Amaka.
The Onishe deity thing and Ogbono is true, I think.
My aunts, uncles and other relatives don't eat Ogbono. My mum told me of the experience of two of my aunts who ate Ogbono and started having swollen and peeling lips.
Funny thing is that my mum that saw all these happen still eats ogbono and nothing dey happen.
I also eat ogbono and nothing happens.
My explanation to this is that maybe some Asaba people have a genetic trait that makes them allergic to Ogbono.

Another mystery of the Onishe is that Civil War thing. The records are there that such a thing happened.
More so, after the Asaba Massacre by Nigerian soldiers led by Murtala Mohammed, the Onishe priests and other Asaba natives stated unequivocally that the Onishe would definitely avenge the blood of its natives and worshippers- even if this might take years. It was said that they must come to a violent end.
Now, this came to past- look at the way Murtala, the Butcher of Asaba was killed by Dimka.
Another top ranking officer who participated in the Asaba Massacre, Mohammed Shuwa was recently killed by Boko Haram. A lot like that.
In coda, all I'm saying is that, as much as I am well educated, I believe there are principalities and powers.

Gabaleve:
Onishe is too greedy

Imagine!!
Just one deity wants to eat all the Ogbono. But who is greedier,Onishe or Allah/Jehovah that reserve all the pigs for himself

Soukiss:
let me tale u they best soup is Okoro and obogno soup

Okoro and Obogno soup

nzgal:
Most tribes in Nigeria have things they forbid and those who grew up in the village are particularly faithful to these superstitions. I am from Asaba, but I eat ogbono as my parents are "hard core"Christians. But my extended family, cousins, aunts and all forbid it. My old aunt will check my mums kitchen when she visits, that she does not want to eat from pot we used to cook ogbono, yet her husband is a knight in one major christian sect. Asaba is a big town, the capital of Delta state, yet ogbono is not sold openly in the market till date.

The annoying one is my cousin who lives with another uncle in the family, each time they cook ogbono, they have to cook something different for him.

My mums maid is also from kwale, delta state and they forbid eating snail. The girl is in secondary school and cannot touch it with her hands, let alone clean it. Once I visited and my mum was complaining that she refused food because the grinded pepper they used to cook stew was close to the snail my mum had 'de-shelled' in the freezer. Sounds funny, but she is that terrified.

Being a christian should override all those superstitions sha.

Babe, shift near me small na. I'm a brother o. Bia ka anyi kpa.

story for d gods...na 1 person sit n write dis.2lng 2 read,,,,

Soukiss:
there is nothing unclean but clean if u believe. so does soldiers that .

leave in North East which I no they cook generally in one port.what will say about them. let me tale u they best soup is Okoro and obogno soup

Bros nawa, write in shorthand make I understand

In africa when you eat yam and you have signs of allergy and rush to nwa dibia for diagnosis, he will throw his cowries and tell u that your father's oracle forbids yam because yam has been protecting your family since time immemorial...

espionagesavvy:
In africa when you eat yam and you have signs of allergy and rush to nwa dibia for diagnosis, he will throw his cowries and tell u that your father's oracle forbids yam because yam has been protecting your family since time immemorial...

the thread is about ogbono.

tpiander:


the thread is about ogbono.

Allegory is a word in english bro.

espionagesavvy:


Allegory is a word in english bro.

sticking to the point is an expression in english also.

tpiander:


sticking to the point is an expression in english also.

Sticking to the point does not convey my creativity very well, so I use english literary devices, hope you have heard about that?

hope you have heard about opening your own thread ?

Heard this old belief that was passed onto me by my dad
that i shud neva eat bush meat

cnt resist it jor...especialy whn i use am soak garri blessed with d blood of jesus

Freemanan:
[b]It was 6 o’clock on a weekend evening. New York City in the U.S. was getting set for the night life as guests of Nigerian extraction, decked in flamboyant African traditional attires, started trooping into the residence of late Ambassador Edwin Ogbu for a dinner party. The calibre of dignitaries in attendance easily indicated the importance of the party.

There were varieties of food for the guests and everyone had their fill, and left satisfied, except Chief Patrick Nwamu, the Odogwu of Asaba and multi-millionaire businessman. The dinner left him with a swollen mouth accompanied with excruciating pains which he suffered for two days before he realised too late that he had offended Onishe Ahaba, the mother goddess of Asaba, Delta State his native land. The goddess is most times simply known as Onishe.

Chief Nwamu narrates his experience:
“At the party, I had okra soup. Unknown to me, it was blended with ogbono. The next day, I had a swollen mouth with severe pains. Upon investigation, I was told by the Ambassador’s wife who is a Yoruba lady that the soup I ate at the party was mixed with ogbono. It was then I knew where my problem came from. It is a taboo for Asaba natives to eat ogbono soup because our mother goddess, Onishe uses it for spiritual purification which in local parlance is known as ife-ahu.”

At the mouth of the River Niger is the sacred abode of the deity, Onishe, the spiritual mother who holds the destiny of Asaba people. Apart from the serenity that pervades the entire enclave, there are big ogbono trees lining up both sides to the groove of the mother goddess. The mystery behind these trees is the belief that for the past 250 years, neither the leaves nor the ogbono seeds have ever fallen on the ground, according to the Odogwu of Asaba. This is indicative of the spiritual value of ogbono to Onishe, as she uses it for her spiritual functions. He says Onishe is as old as the city itself.
Everyday, every hour and every moment, Onishe faithful besiege her vicinity to seek spiritual help and protection. But nobody goes to Onishe shrine with empty hands.

“If you must solicit Onishe’s assistance in whatever way, you visit her with either a full grown cock, a goat or even a cow depending on the financial capacity of the individual”, reveals Ogbueshi Nwosa Onwuegbuezie, the head custodian of Onishe.
For Asaba people, it is hard to seek Onishe’s help without corresponding result. Though, for those adherents of the deity who are financially incapacitated, they are at liberty to pledge that upon the realisation of their desires, they will appease Onishe with whatever they can afford thereafter.

Onishe, the deity
Onishe is a woman with big long breasts. She guards and guides her children jealously. According to one of the custodians of the deity, Ogbueshi Nwosa, Onishe appears to her subjects in different forms. Sometimes she could appear as a crocodile, particularly during festive periods, to accept whatever sacrifice that is being offered her. At other times, she could appear as the mother she is, dressed in immaculate white wrapper and with her big long breasts exposed.

Chief Nwamu reveals: “Onishe once appeared to my brother’s wife in Asaba. My brother came home to take the Alor traditional title. Though, before their departure from the city, my brother had warned his wife not to cook ogbono soup because it is forbidden in his place, she had refused to heed the advice. It was while she was dishing the food upstairs for the husband that our mother, Onishe appeared to her with a warning for her not to ever prepare ogbono soup for her son (her husband) again, and that she should take the soup to their non-Asaba neighbours downstairs. Immediately after, she disappeared. The woman ran to her husband to relay her experience and everybody present was taken aback.”
However, it is believed that those who see Onishe as mere absence of reality suffer consequences when they act in any way contradictory to what she stands for.

Worship of Onishe
Whoever wants to worship Onishe must abstain from sexual intercourse, at least a few days before the day of worship. Also, the worshipper is expected to dress in all-white attire, including underpants. Moreover, a woman in her period is not expected to visit the shrine.
Onishe is only worshipped on Eke day (day market). Whoever fails to keep to the rules of Onishe cannot go close to the shrine. At the shrine of Onishe, it is a taboo to drink palm wine, hot drinks, beer or any other liquor. The official and acceptable drink of Onishe are ogolo (a special brand of local brew) and Fanta.

Before Asaba people eat the new yam, they must first visit the Onishe shrine with the Asagba of Asaba, the traditional ruler. The people must first appease Onishe with a cow slaughtered at the shrine, and enough food would be cooked for everyone present. It is the tradition of the people of Asaba to pay homage to Onishe and solicit her help in the year ahead for a bountiful harvest as well as protection against any evil.

Duties of Onishe
For ages, Asaba people have pledged their loyalty to Onishe, the deity that has been their mother both in times of war and peace. The deity protects the people spiritually and physically from both external and internal aggressions. Also, the deity alerts the people on any imminent danger threatening their existence.

According to Obi Nwamu, during the civil war, Onishe was angry that her children were being slaughtered unjustly by the Federal troops. She allegedly avenged the death of every Asaba native killed when she suddenly emerged at the middle of the River Niger to upturn the ship ferrying men of the Federal troops across the river. Some soldiers on the ship allegedly survived, though.
They could not cross to the other side of the Niger, and later confessed seeing Onishe sinking the ship conveying Federal troops to the other side of the Niger. Some of these soldiers later lived in Asaba, blended with the people and eventually got married to our daughters.”

The Odogwu of Asaba, however, discloses that almost all the soldiers who killed Asaba natives during the civil war, died before they were crossed over to the other side of the River Niger.
Custodian of Onishe
There are people of particular age group selected to officiate at Onishe rituals. The method of selection is done by Otu-ahazia, delegated by the town’s traditional council to mediate between the people of Asaba and Onishe. However, those selected must be at a particular age group and their tenure expires when they attain a particular age bracket. Also, they are expected to serve for a minimum of ten years.[/b]



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/10/onishe-ahaba-why-asaba-people-forbid-ogbono-soup/


Cc lalasticlala

lubbish, we don't eat snail but it remains one of my favorites, damn the gods.

simplisity:
This is the popular Ala nwanyi Asaba d ritualist use in making money. Idol worship is d worst experience one can have, bcs it tie d destiny of d peopl, especialy d youths. Embrace Jesus and u will be librated frm d shacles of satan.

Really? And you don't worship this idol?

ilyas26:
Superstitious story, it's possible he is allergic to ogbono soup that's why he had a swollen mouth. I don't believe all those cock and bull stories

that what you believe and it work for you but it i not superstitious me i cannot eat cocoyam because it is forbidden in my place i tried eating it one day n got swollen spots all over my body
#fact whether u believe or not