THE PALM TREE AND THE REST OF US / IGBO LIFESTYLE
IGBO PROVERBS

Introduction

The palm tree is a very simple tree brought to Igbo land by the Creator for a special purpose, namely to help the poor. No other tree is as useful and beneficial as the palm tree. No part of is useless and everything that comes out it serves one purpose or the other. It supplies multiple beverages to mankind and from them, the poor rural dweller sustains himself. Just take one fruit of it or more, open the ground and put it. Then go home and face other things. It does not need watering or manuring and does not consume much space. This is because it carries out every business at the tree top, leaving the ground clean and bare for other activities. You will not believe what wealth it will generate in the economy of your home. Everything about the palm tree is useful and irreplaceable. Thing about it.



Benefits / Usefulness

It is from the palm tree that we get palm wine beverage. Three brands for that matter, already brewed and distilled by nature (i) Iti (ii) Nkwu enu (iii) akpo (the one that is got when the palm wine has fallen to the ground, usually very sweet and in good supply). We use all these during entertainment, festival and rituals. For instance, palm wine is the classic wine for traditional wedding. It is the drink of the ancestors and elders. The palm wine is very medicinal and does not contain toxins as in other chemical brews. Drink it responsibly and according to gauge and you will come out in the morning stronger than you went to bed.

The palm tree supplies red oil which we use in cooking all manner of dishes for coloring, taste and appearance. We also use it for frying other things that we do not want to boil such as plantain (dodo), akara and meat. After extracting the oil, the chaff (abubu) is used in making fire. As ngu, it is used for making ogiri paste (castoil cake) and for cooking ukwa when it begins to prove stubborn. The nut at the center is cracked and chewed with ukwa as a special delicacy. It could be chewed alone and the oil in it helps to assuage hunger. The chaff you pour out after chewing is a favorite for feeding the fowls and other animals feeds. The kernel is used as fuel for cooking and for road maintenance especially where it is slippery. The nut could also be fried and the oil extracted (ude aku) serves in controlling convulsion in children and as local lotion or pomade. It is usually black in color.

The palm leaves are used to feed goats and sheep. What remains after this is used as house and compound broom. The center panel is called ogugu and used for constructing yam barns. When the center fiber of the ogugu is removed, it is called ekwele and used in tying anything you want to be firmly held together. The whitish remains in the center of the ogugu is used for staking yams in the yam barn. When the leaves are not eaten by goats and sheep, they can be used for fencing the compound. It is known as ogige. The base of the palm frond is heavy and thorny. It is used for protecting the mud fence (mkpukpu aja) and as fuel for cooking. The strong fibre rope attached to the thorn is called akwala and known to be one of the strongest types of rope in Igboland. Scrape the heavy thorny base of the palm leave (igbeguru) and you will get enough cotton wool for dressing wounds.

The tender center leaf that is yellowish is called omu. It is used for warning and alarm especially as an injunction and restriction of access pending when the disputation is resolved. It is also used in tying ngwugwu ogiri and ukpaka. Omu is also used in giving caution in form ogu, symbol of litigation and justice. The finger-like flower at the tree top is called uduko and it is from there that up-wine (nkwu enu) is extracted. When separated, it serves as traditional candle. This when it is soaked in palm oil and used for lighting the house. This can last till day break. The palm tree provided occupation for many Igbo persons who are wine tappers and they are patronized by kings and princes.

The trunk when turned into timber is used for roofing houses and as pillar. The palm tree is known to be very peaceful and is used for demarcating land boundaries as it is said that akpalakpa nkwu adighi etofe na mba (If you want to demarcate boundary between towns, use palm tree because it does not have branches that may cause confusion in future.)

The palm tree does not have tap root but can hardly be brought down by any type of wind no matter house strong. The palm tree is never affected by any form of harsh weather whether dry season or harmattan. It is always green and does not shed leaves like other trees. The palm tree can last for more than five generations and still remain alive and vibrant. It has no side effect except that the thorn can tear your skin if you are not careful with it or step on it unknowingly.



Spiritual power of the palm tree

Jesus loved it so much and used the leaves during procession into Jerusalem. It is known as Palm Sunday. The whole crowd was waving the palm leaves signifying peace. It is also a symbol of uprightness and blessing. The Psalmist says the righteous shall grow like the palm tree (Ps. 92.12). The palm tree is also associated with victory. The leaves of the palm tree were also carried at the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40).

The Igbo people use palm tree to strengthen the destiny and future of a children through the ritual of Nkwu ana (the umbilical cord of a baby is usually tied to a palm fruit and buried in the ground.) The tree so grown will be associated with the personhood of the child who is expected to be very strong, successful and would live a long life. Dream associated with palm tree was believe to indicate that you will live a happy and rich life.

Plant palm trees in your compound and around your houses and the breeze will bring you healing and the tree will bring blessing. Plant one palm tree by yourself.

From the Village Elder,

Okenye Rev. Fr. Dr. F.O.F Onwudufor

Ụkọchukwu Osebụrụwa

THE PALM TREE AND THE REST OF US / IGBO LIFESTYLE
IGBO PROVERBS

happney65
Make we continue the gist here.
That section na popular section. Traffic go plenty for there.

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NiihiIist:
Uganda !

Now please who is this fool?

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Tonnyray:
I was going to suggest the email route too. The guy I mentioned up there was snooping around here earlier. Luckily I still have some screenshots of the aspiring actress I mentioned's whatsapp status pixs on my phone which I'll make available to you. I've passed the stage of engaging his likes on that thread to prove some mundane point. It would be tantamount to according him a level of relevance he doesn't deserve.

That's good of you bro..You don't need to engage people like that at all..

Got your email..I will be replying you in a Jiffy

Thanks bro!

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Tonnyray:
Yeah I understand that some people don't have time but it's all about your makeup, orientation and whether you got game or not. It's not rocket science. I find it hard to conceptualize bringing myself to begin haggle price with a female. Damn! How my dick wan take rise sef? Begin count money before or after. Knowing fully well anybody and anything with small change dey violate the same pussy. Ritualists o, yahoo boys o, NURTW touts o.. Ko jor. It's a mind thing and I just choose my lane jeje. To each his own. The billing na normal. I always have faaar more than enough shawtys on my contact list. As I dey Abuja now 1 get like 100 bootys. If you introduce billing I weigh you. The ones I tag 5 Star Premium booty I go consider. Those ones no dey ever pass 15 and I no dey take dem play. Any other one I go just pretend like say I no see your bill. You know what? Dem no go delete or block me. My game is I for don domisiwaju teytey before. Long before the bills come. I preempt them. Case in point anytime I enter Lag I spend as much as 50k purchasing gowns. That usually gets me about 10-12 quality gowns. You can see no be say these things too cost. This is for your regular chicks o. (The high end ones na special order I dey do but GOD forbid I spend more than 20k on a purchase. Those ones you even fvck without spending on purchases beyond eateries and cinema outings). I surprise these shawtys with them without them asking. It blows their minds. At any point in time I try to always have at least 2 in my wardrobe. Na bait. See attached pixs for eg. It's even cheaper when you go buy am for yourself for Mandilas side or Aleshinloye in Ib. Nothing makes them wet pass surprise gifts. I don code this since time immemorial. Depending on the value of the shawty I fit give am 2 sef. She go think say na you be the only guy on the planet that very moment The only thing wey go prevent you from chopping fresh snail that night go be only if she dey her period And that's just one of my many tactics. The concept na to ensure steady, unending flow of wet pussies. Dem no dey teach these things for school.

Ba damua. Na you go dey current na. Iyaganku GRA na where I chop one Solape girl like that last year. Another MAAD bootay. lol
Anyhow bros I go yarn you anytime I intend to show.

No wahala brother mii,I remember that sholape,Be like say you drop the tori for thread..Mad booty too she got..una dey try for all these big big booty...You suppose win award sef for chopping booties..The last time i chopped big booty like that solape was when I fuccked a waitress for Ashosh hotel..Na that same Iyaganku GRA he dey..Mad booty she got too..Another was on nairaland girl too..babe came all the way from Lagos to Ibadan..But since then,Na average booty I dey do..sha dont be lepa...Cant do Lepa for anything..Just have the right meat in the right places..

Myself and the shawty spoke today over the phone..she now picks my calls.. .promised to call her back by weekend..And hopefully after her Exams the smashing go surely take place..I go definitely update you.

Also,please try and edit all your previous posts..saw someone viewing earlier one

Thanks!

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happney65:


No wahala brother mii,I remember that sholape,Be like say you drop the tori for thread..Mad booty too she got..una dey try for all these big big booty...You suppose win award sef for chopping booties..The last time i chopped big booty like that solape was when I fuccked a waitress for Ashosh hotel..Na that same Iyaganku GRA he dey..Mad booty she got too..Another was on nairaland girl too..babe came all the way from Lagos to Ibadan..But since then,Na average booty I dey do..sha dont be lepa...Cant do Lepa for anything..Just have the right meat in the right places..

Myself and the shawty spoke today over the phone..she now picks my calls.. .promised to call her back by weekend..And hopefully after her Exams the smashing go surely take place..I go definitely update you.

Also,please try and edit all your previous posts..saw someone viewing earlier one
Thanks!

@bolded e no go pass one of the sicktards in that ashewo thread. Noticed there are many of them who specialize in digging up people's posts and saving any and everything they can get about them so they can use it to cast them sometime along the way usually using alternate monikers. Evident when their puerile fights come up. Never seen a more sorry set of losers. It's no doubt a pathetic life offline for them. We revert to the email route.

Tonnyray:
@bolded e no go pass one of the sicktards in that ashewo thread. Noticed there are many of them who specialize in digging up people's posts and saving any and everything they can get about them so they can use it to cast them sometime along the way usually using alternate monikers. Evident when their puerile fights come up. Never seen a more sorry set of losers. It's no doubt a pathetic life offline for them. We revert to the email route.

Exactly bro..You get it 100%..They are sicktards truly..we go back to Email..I will definitely update you in about 2weeks time if everything jells.

Thanks Bro!