Hi

I am very Interested in getting to know the Igbo Traditions .
What is them main Tradition.
What kind of food they eat.
How they get Married.
How often they can get Married .
Just really everything .

So if anyone can help me out and let me know some of them Traditions I will gladly Appreciated

Thank you and God bless you

Igboland is big,hence the cultures varies from place to place.
What is frowned at at some parts might be accepted in other places.
One of the things Igbo's do have in common is . . .A man should at any and every time be able to take care of and control his household.
Marriage;the Groom is expected to handle and provide almost everything.

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@Nwaigbo,Udo di excess.

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nwaigbo, maybe you break an article down instead of posting it wholesale. When a person wants to know about something, they want people who can explain it to them instead of posting an article.

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a detailed igbo traditions will take time and large space

summary

an average igbo man is peace loving and accommodating
greater percentage of them are christians
highly republican in nature
resilent and self-reliant, self-dependent.
love healthy competition with others.

foods
yam is important to igbo nation, every year, new yam festival is celebrated by igbos arround the world
the important food crops are cocoa yam, oil bean, bread fruit, maize, pea,etc

before the advent of christianity, the number of wives one had signified how wealthy/rich and prosperous he was hence rich men married as many wives as possible, but since christianity came, that culture is no longer practised. an average igbo man marries and maintain one wife since then.
during marriage, there some traditions that should be performed by the suitor before bringing up his iintentions to the bride's family, after the first visit, the suitor will visit about 2 more times taking with him important items like kolanut, palm wine etc. if the parties enventually agree, the suitor we pay for some certain things and buy certain things, after settling everything, pays the bride price, do traditional wedding and takes his wife home.

if you read things fall apart, you will understand igbo culture, also if you watch nollywood movie you will understand.

they are industrous by nature
well travelled, always striving for the general betterment of mankind

dressing
The traditional Isi agu dress is worn by igbo men with any of the two caps they are known with, red cap or the other red cap with white stripe

Kola nut features prominently in Igbo traditional ceremonies.

identities

Ugba is one of the delicacies that unifies Ndigbo.

Doesn't this kind of thread already exist? It had a lot of pages. It was an extensive topic with pictures and things of that sort.

Thank you for every replay I got.

if anyone have more Information about , Igbo men's or Woman's It will be gladly appreciated.

Example
What is the Woman's / Men's role in a Marriage.
What are her / his Rules to DO and NOT to DO.
What about if a Woman is to Independent.
What is forbidden and what not for her.

So if anyone have more Information, u can hit me up on my MSN as well, Profile =)

God bless everyone everywhere!!

German75:

Thank you for every replay I got.

if anyone have more Information about , Igbo men's or Woman's It will be gladly appreciated.

Example
What is the Woman's / Men's role in a Marriage.

The woman's role in marriage is the same as in most cultures, to look after the children and to look after the house. She may have other roles like tending to certain farming tasks that are only for women like cultivating Coco yam, etc. The man is the head of the house and guards the family, he is the provider of food and shelter so many men in the villages are hunters and farmers. In some places the ancestry is traced through the mother.

German75:

What are her / his Rules to DO and NOT to DO.

Well the general rule is for the woman not to disrespect her husbands decisions and not to disrespect him as the head of the house. The man should not disrespect himself and should respect his wife because if he disrespects her then he disrespects her family and she can go back to them. You're not allowed to see other people who aren't your husband or your wife, but many people did anyway.

German75:

What about if a Woman is to Independent.

You mean having her own house, no children and all that? In the past some men may laugh at her and taunt her, and her family may be disappointed with her, but back then there were women who were priests and women who were queens and title holders so that should be remembered. The interesting thing about Igbo cultures is that in some parts women were part of the local army when there was a war. Igbo women are allowed to be independent in marriage, but not with neglecting their children or husband, so that means they can travel have many different jobs, but still be a full mother. Of course this was in the past and many women now have become more independent before marriage.

German75:

What is forbidden and what not for her.

There are some things that are only for men, like societies and meeting places. There are some places she can talk and she can not. For example she cannot talk without permission in a meeting of men. She can not chant men's greetings like the well known 'Kwezuonu', although women do it now anyway. She cannot play men's instruments like the Ikoro slit drum and so on. She can do many other things men can do apart from this and there was even cross dressing in some parts of Igbo land where women would dress as men, so this just shows you all this depends on the community. With all this said, many of these for women cannot be done by men, such as men attending female meetings and playing female instruments, etc. so you find some equality in that as well. Many aspects of men are mirrored in the society for women and this is what makes a lot of Igbo women confident among men and politics till today, just look at Nigeria's politics. (umu nwanyi agwu )