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Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by DontCallMePale: 2:27pm On Oct 29, 2017
Uhm genital mutilation, kidnapping and spitting on babies is anything but fascinating.
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by hyfr(m): 2:35pm On Oct 29, 2017
IamLEGEND1:
You have no idea the things I've seen, B.
be careful of some things you joke with, even if you ain't the one with that wrote that stuff on that meme, you shouldn't have uploaded it

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Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by KingSango(m): 2:42pm On Oct 29, 2017
We are all the same race but different bloodlines which gives us so many traditions. There are pederasty African American families that produce homosexuals from their children.
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by driand(m): 2:49pm On Oct 29, 2017
alexistaiwo:

Guilty conscience is real
a pity u just found out
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by EyoMasquerade: 3:09pm On Oct 29, 2017
Lovely article. There are fascinating traditions in Nigeria too that sometimes makes Eyo Masquerade want to squeak like a ghost. Like the backward tradition of killing twins, albino children, invalids and the likes in some villages in FCT. Ghoorr!

It's puky and krazy that such barbaric still exist in modern times.

Buh Lagos is different sha. We only have dance of the spirit and aquatic splendour to bewitch you.



Have you read up on our weekend magazine yet? Don't dull yasef shocked shocked shocked cool cool tongue
www.eyomasquerade.

Showcasing the New Lagos

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Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by IamLaura(f): 3:37pm On Oct 29, 2017
IamLEGEND1:
Oh! I get it now. Your saltiness is mainly because you think I'm not a fan of igbo traditions or culture?
And what is it about my comment that makes you think it was supposed to be an insult?
Every culture has a tradition(s) that in the light of modern civilization will look stupid and barbaric.
No be today yansh don dey back.
Firstly I'm not salty.
The problem I have with your comment is simply cos it's not true,nothing else.
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by adaeze12345(f): 3:38pm On Oct 29, 2017
HungerBAD:
Apologies to my Benue friends.

But is it true, that there is a tribe in Benue that offer their wive's to strangers as a welcome thing? i have heard people whisper this a lot.
MYTHS
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by urahara(m): 3:38pm On Oct 29, 2017
IamLEGEND1:
Oh! I get it now. Your saltiness is mainly because you think I'm not a fan of igbo traditions or culture?
And what is it about my comment that makes you think it was supposed to be an insult?
Every culture has a tradition(s) that in the light of modern civilization will look stupid and barbaric.
No be today yansh don dey back.


You seem like someone who always says his mind and don't just give a flying Bleep grin
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by IamLEGEND1: 3:47pm On Oct 29, 2017
IamLaura:

Firstly I'm not salty.
The problem I have with your comment is simply cos it's not true,nothing else.
Are you igbo?
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by IamLEGEND1: 3:50pm On Oct 29, 2017
urahara:

You seem like someone who always says his mind and don't just give a flying_fuck grin
Baba, to try famz people for this nairaland na too much work. E better to just yarn stuff as e be. grin
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by IamLaura(f): 3:53pm On Oct 29, 2017
IamLEGEND1:
Are you igbo?
Yes I am.
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by urahara(m): 3:54pm On Oct 29, 2017
IamLEGEND1:
Baba, to try famz people for this nairaland na too much work. E better to just yarn stuff as e be. grin

Abi o

Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by IamLEGEND1: 4:01pm On Oct 29, 2017
IamLaura:

Yes I am.
then there is nothing left to say. You were always going to be jaundiced in your assessment of the issue.

Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by IamLaura(f): 4:08pm On Oct 29, 2017
IamLEGEND1:
then there is nothing left to say. You were always going to be jaundiced in your assessment of the issue.
Good.
I also don't intend wasting my intellect conversing with myopic Tribal bigots.
Adios ✌�

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Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by thundafire: 5:31pm On Oct 29, 2017
Oh blacks see Wat our ancestors caused us 2 be doing till dis present age
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by KingSango(m): 7:29pm On Oct 29, 2017
EyoMasquerade:
Lovely article. There are fascinating traditions in Nigeria too that sometimes makes Eyo Masquerade want to squeak like a ghost. Like the backward tradition of killing twins, albino children, invalids and the likes in some villages in FCT. Ghoorr!

It's puky and krazy that such barbaric still exist in modern times.

Buh Lagos is different sha. We only have dance of the spirit and aquatic splendour to bewitch you.



Have you read up on our weekend magazine yet? Don't dull yasef shocked shocked shocked cool cool tongue
www.eyomasquerade.

Showcasing the New Lagos

Lagos is Yorubaland that's how come. Yorubas are a highly advanced civilization bloodline because of the Yoruba woman. All races that allow their women to decide for themselves are rewarded with high civilization and spiritual morality. Killing twins is really an attack upon women, many women can't have children and hate other women for their fertility, even more so when the woman can produce twins and multiples. This issue of killing twins is a spiritual problem within the psyche of the community. Some community commit sacrifices as scape goats for sins and abominations of the whole community. Lots of Hebrew traditions used scape goats thus sacrifices.
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by KingSango(m): 7:33pm On Oct 29, 2017
DontCallMePale:
Uhm genital mutilation, kidnapping and spitting on babies is anything but fascinating.

But its good to know there are different bloodlines and if you mix with them and produce offspring then your children will be raised up in that tradition. grin Say you are Yoruba and you marry an Igbo woman, and that woman has twins, well in her culture she and the twins are an abomination and can't go home. angry Your children will be abused by angry relatives who see the twins as an abomination. Now twins are worshiped in Yoruba culture so no issue.

We are not all the same Bloodline even though we are of the same race. Race is a social construct invented by the Europeans to help assist him with his low numbers so gangs of Europeans grouped themselves together based upon race. Pre-slavery and colonialism Africans saw themselves as belonging to different races on the African continent.

PARANORMAL BLOODLINES
It is believed that only special royal bloodlines possessed paranormal powers like the Cwezi. King Rwabugiri IV the great, an ancient Rwandan king was believed to have possessed paranormal powers along with one of his wives. Muhumuza. Rwabugiri was the first king to meet with the Europeans, he resisted slave trade and saved the remains of the Rwandan borders during the scramble and partition for Africa.

Also these bloodlines begun breaking the customary laws practicing forbidden customs such as eating prohibited meats, foods, certain fish, reptiles, marrying into hostile or forbidden bloodlines, murdering, breaking oath, abominations, inciting and obtaining curses, abandoning own customs, sodomy, laying down with animals etc. Ability to possess these mystical powers survived among some African peoples until 19th century when heavy interbreeding between clans, tribes and races took place therefore weakening special bloodlines.
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by apharm(m): 8:44pm On Oct 29, 2017
very nonsense behaviour or culture
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by horia: 8:51pm On Oct 29, 2017
Flexherbal:
Where there is no law, there is no sin.
and where there is liberty immorality could be legalized- The United States
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by Nobody: 9:00pm On Oct 29, 2017
Funny enough I know all these traditions and the op has got them wrong......all of them. Starting from the names, all the way to the explanations he gave. This word for word translation cheesy
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by ElsonMorali: 8:29am On Nov 07, 2017
IamLaura:

You are not Igbo so I'll appreciate it if you don't talk on issues you know nothing about.
Igbos don't practice such and even if they did it is still what it is-Culture.
Some people use human head to bury their kings but they will still justify it under the guise of "culture" and nobody insults them.
Learn to respect pples culture and stop propagating lies or stuffs you see in Nigerian films.

Actually the chap wasn't lying. I've heard of that practice before in Igbo land. Still, there was nowhere the guy insulted your tribe, so No need to feel defensive.

Like you mentioned, in times past, Yoruba kings were buried with their slaves just like the ancient Egyptians.

It's No big deal. Each tribe had/has it's peculiar cultural practices.
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by Nobody: 10:33pm On Nov 07, 2017
Donwizbro:
The "bull jumping" like seriously?
The dog pic is killing me grin
Re: Fascinating African Traditions- The Guardian by Nobody: 10:35pm On Nov 07, 2017
Interesting topic Op. keep it up.

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