polokor60: i don't have a tribal mark.most people (either male or female) from delta state were comfortable with this beautiful tribal mark in the past(it's on the delcine now).my point is i have seen the most ugly tribal mark in nigeria and i ve also see the most beautiful tribal mark in the same nigeria therefore all tribal marks cannot be stereotype as one.btw happy easter sunday

kulyie: same to you o my dear but i have never come across a beautiful tribal mark as you have described it before.most of them are always ugly as in the pictures a poster put here on this thread

polokor60: my ex gf is from urhobo and she have it as well,i don't know how i would describe it.it's very tiny,the same tune with the skin colour,just on one tiny spot on the cheek/entire face.some times you won't presume it to be a tribal mark.if you come in contact with most people from urhobo who are more than 25 years of age,just take a close look at their cheek,you would see it but if you don't look closely you may not see it.it's pretty cool.Tribal mark in general is almost extinct and it's irrelevant in this present age.

zibe:

Yea I have friends from there and the mark does look fine

ItsModella:
To add to that, tattoos are usually aesthetic, the same cannot be said for tribal marks. Most of them are disgusting on sight.

Tribal marks and tattoos are CLEARLY two different thing. The only similarity they share is that they involve puncturing of the skin.

adconline: Stupid culture. We are using FB, BB IPhone, TV , Radio etc to spread message and reach our intended audience. Why not town crier and gong as our ancestors did?

Patsey:

12 inches!:


You see the problem I have with the black race and Africans. Our hearts are so wicked. Why must they use trickery and deceit to achieve their aim. You know the woman doesn't want it for her children yet u use trickery and deceit to achieve ur evil aims.The husband that allowed such rubbish should be held responsible. If anybody tries this with my children I'll get them all arrested. That is the last time they'll ever visit my house. Infact from then on we're enemies. No one should ever underestimate the power of when I'm very angry. Infact I'll warn my mother in law to never try such cos my gf has marks.

kulyie: as far as i am concerned in this day and age it is defiling and disfiguring the face of a child,if it is for tribal sentiments,that's not an excuse because there are a thousand and one ways of identifying people from certain ethnic group,hence as far as kulyie is concerned it is very disgusting,moreover if you are a christian it is even in the bible,somewhere around leventicus that God detests cutting of marks on other peoples body,it is a sin to that person's body

Coldfeet: I love mine!!!!!! The igbo tribal marks ain't ugly or disfiguring!! And I got it at age 6! Remember the day so well! Well only my boys have them just a tiny one beside each eye same as me and they love it.

kulyie: tats are different from tribal marks joor.tribal marks are so gross

ekwah:
As one with deep respect for my cultural heritage, I see absolutely no reason why the possibility of having tribal marks on my kids shouldn't be there. I really don't understand why some people here say 'over my dead body' as if it were some nasty crime or something. Tribal marks are cool if u don't over-do it. End of discussion!


All these peeps wey dey dump their cultures for something else.

greatgod2012:

believe me, any family that try that will all be arrested, and i dont care how they are going to do it, i just dont want to see any "i fight lion" marks on my child....shikena!

PAGAN 9JA:


what has fb, Iphone,etc., got to do with tribal marks and custom. are you st.upid? did you fry your brains in a pan and eat it?
dumba$$. TUFIA!

PAGAN 9JA:



yiur face must be ugly and disgusting. therefore it doesnt suit you. only people who have good noble countenance , it suits them.

adconline:
A cretin unleash! 2013 folks are building apps and making great discoveries and you are here shouting tribal marks and mutilation of skin to fit your cultural beliefs

ItsModella:
It is your face that is ugly and disgusting...nonsense.

PAGAN 9JA:



hahaha such a sad comeback. Your face resembles that of a dirty tribeless half-bred xtian monkey.

nitlad:


How do you know this?
Have you seen her before?

yejhiz-kebab:
but the deed would av been done by then and wnt be reversible

ekwah:
I really don't understand why some people here say 'over my dead body' as if it were some nasty crime or something.

Siena:

Bro, it's just one of those things - we don't need to understand, we simply need to respect the choices others make. I personally will NOT have my children's faces branded under any circumstance, for those that will, good for them - their children, their choice. But would the child have consented, if he / she was old enough, and was asked?

That's a topic for another thread.

And if anyone besides parents of a child brand said child's face, it can be seen as a criminal act, depending on the beliefs of the parents, or where they live.