It's not just the Oroguns but some part of southern Ijaw in bayelsa as well forbid there pple from eating iguanas... my roommate is from one of such communities and i remember him stopping an opposite neighbor of ours from killing it or cooking it around our house,cux of d swampy nature of d environment then we usually find iguanas thr


I was in orogun some years back like 4-5yrs ago wen I attended my cousins dad burial and our car had to stop twice to allow dis iguanas cross d road..u find them everywhere in orogun even in there houses sometimes,I respect dem 4 upholding thr tradition

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Menhh!! Dats My Community!!´.....D Whole Package Is True! #Urhobowadohhh!!!

Anulux:

#pllsss help####


90000 is Divided between Mary,baba and Ali.Ali shares is 3/8 of baba shares and babas shares is twice that of Mary.how much does ali received

Mary - 24000
Baba - 48000
Ali - 18000

Anulux:

#pllsss help####


90000 is Divided between Mary,baba and Ali.Ali shares is 3/8 of baba shares and babas shares is twice that of Mary.how much does ali received

Mary - 24000, Baba - 48000, Ali - 18000

[quote author=Rapmoney post=40227319]A dictionary defines tradition as “the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way. Tradition is part of the culture of a people and it affect the way the live, interact marry and bury their dead. And tradition, they, died hard; people find it very difficult to abandon their tradition even if they are confronted with new facts and technology in the modern day.

The Orogun people are good a example of a people who are clinging to their old way of life; they believe that Iguana has extra-ordinary powers. They worship it and, forbid any indigene from eating it, no matter the situation. They believe that the iguana saved them during communal wars with other tribes, and also saves them from any kind of danger in present time.

Orogun kingdom is one of the numerous kingdoms that make up the Urhobo nation spread across Delta, Bayelsa and other states in Nigeria. Orogun kingdom is in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State with a population of over 50,000 people. For some time now people still wonder why the Orogun people still worship the Iguana. Other people think the Orogun people are wasting what they could have used for food in the name of worshipping iguana.
It was the questions raised by some persons in the state and beyond on why the Orogun people still worship the Iguana despite the increase in churches and mosque across the country, that
prompted Daily Independent to visit the palace of the Okpara-Uku, Ovie of Orogun kingdom, to know why the people worship iguana in the modern world.

Secretary to HRH Efeurhobo Eyefia I, Okpara-Uku of Orogun Kingdom, Prince Orogun Wanogho, who spoke on behalf of the monarch said, “Orogun is made up of five quarters, namely; Umusu, Unukpo, Imodje, Ogwa and Emonu. We have sacred animals in Orogun kingdom, namely iguana, dog and tiger. They are sacred animals.

“These animals, you see, we adore them from time immemorial, most especially the iguana. The iguana, right from time immemorial, any son or daughter of Orogun Kingdom does not eat iguana, dog and tiger because Orogun as a male who got married to a woman called Orhiara and Orhiara was one of the female children of Owhowha.
Continuing, he said, “One day, Orhiara went to the farm and during work at the farm, she was tasty and went to fetch water and she saw a group of iguana at the place of water, climbing each other up and down. And she was amazed and went back home to report to her husband about what she saw. The husband, Orogun said, followed her to the scene to see for himself, adding that a voice came from the iguana that the animal you see is a sacred animal and this place you see should be a shrine. That is why our shrine is at that site till date. We call the shrine Erosefe or Orhiara shrine.

However, Chief Christopher Okpowe, the Osibi of Orogun kingdom, while explaining the benefits of worshipping the iguana said, “the man called Orogun was a warrior and at a time when he was being chased at the battlefield by his enemies, he got to a river and there was no way to cross. It was there the gods of the land came up through the iguana. The iguanas formed a bridge across the river and Orogun children started walking on top of the iguanas until they all finally crossed. When the enemies got to the river, the iguanas disentangled, so the enemies could not cross to chase the Orogun children any longer.

“Since that time till date we don’t eat iguana, if you do, your skin will be like that of iguana, unless you go and appease the gods, even if you go to the best hospital in the world, it will not work. You must surely die. The dog serves like an errand boy to us, the moment it senses any danger, it will pass the information to us. This is the story of centuries ago. The tiger or lion is also sacred to us. Any Orogun indigene that eats these animals without appeasing the gods must surely die.
“The benefits of forbidding the iguana in the modern life are enormous. The communication between us and the shrine called Erosefe is the iguana because when it appeared, the Erosefe itself decorated itself with the iguana. Apart from the war aspect, if an Orogun man is travelling, if anything bad wants to happen, the iguana will appear. If you are driving and because we forbid it, once you see it, you have to wait for some few minutes, the iguana will again walk past the road you are travelling on, and that signifies that there is danger ahead. It will make the person to be more careful.

He added, “Even if an Orogun man sees the iguana on his way to a party, he has to wait for a while before proceeding because there is danger ahead.
BROS TIGERS ARE NOT FOUND IN AFRICA NOT EVEN IN OROGUN, TIGERS ARE FOUND IN ASIA, ANY TIGER FOUND IN OROGUN MUST BE A CAPTURED TIGER FOUND IN A ZOO IN OROGUN, THE ONLY MEMBERS OF THE CAT FAMILY FOUND AFRICA ARE , LION,LEOPARDS,CHEETAHS,CIVET CATS,

Rapmoney:
A dictionary defines tradition as “the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way. Tradition is part of the culture of a people and it affect the way the live, interact marry and bury their dead. And tradition, they, died hard; people find it very difficult to abandon their tradition even if they are confronted with new facts and technology in the modern day.

The Orogun people are good a example of a people who are clinging to their old way of life; they believe that Iguana has extra-ordinary powers. They worship it and, forbid any indigene from eating it, no matter the situation. They believe that the iguana saved them during communal wars with other tribes, and also saves them from any kind of danger in present time.

Orogun kingdom is one of the numerous kingdoms that make up the Urhobo nation spread across Delta, Bayelsa and other states in Nigeria. Orogun kingdom is in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State with a population of over 50,000 people. For some time now people still wonder why the Orogun people still worship the Iguana. Other people think the Orogun people are wasting what they could have used for food in the name of worshipping iguana.
It was the questions raised by some persons in the state and beyond on why the Orogun people still worship the Iguana despite the increase in churches and mosque across the country, that
prompted Daily Independent to visit the palace of the Okpara-Uku, Ovie of Orogun kingdom, to know why the people worship iguana in the modern world.

Secretary to HRH Efeurhobo Eyefia I, Okpara-Uku of Orogun Kingdom, Prince Orogun Wanogho, who spoke on behalf of the monarch said, “Orogun is made up of five quarters, namely; Umusu, Unukpo, Imodje, Ogwa and Emonu. We have sacred animals in Orogun kingdom, namely iguana, dog and tiger. They are sacred animals.

“These animals, you see, we adore them from time immemorial, most especially the iguana. The iguana, right from time immemorial, any son or daughter of Orogun Kingdom does not eat iguana, dog and tiger because Orogun as a male who got married to a woman called Orhiara and Orhiara was one of the female children of Owhowha.
Continuing, he said, “One day, Orhiara went to the farm and during work at the farm, she was tasty and went to fetch water and she saw a group of iguana at the place of water, climbing each other up and down. And she was amazed and went back home to report to her husband about what she saw. The husband, Orogun said, followed her to the scene to see for himself, adding that a voice came from the iguana that the animal you see is a sacred animal and this place you see should be a shrine. That is why our shrine is at that site till date. We call the shrine Erosefe or Orhiara shrine.

However, Chief Christopher Okpowe, the Osibi of Orogun kingdom, while explaining the benefits of worshipping the iguana said, “the man called Orogun was a warrior and at a time when he was being chased at the battlefield by his enemies, he got to a river and there was no way to cross. It was there the gods of the land came up through the iguana. The iguanas formed a bridge across the river and Orogun children started walking on top of the iguanas until they all finally crossed. When the enemies got to the river, the iguanas disentangled, so the enemies could not cross to chase the Orogun children any longer.

“Since that time till date we don’t eat iguana, if you do, your skin will be like that of iguana, unless you go and appease the gods, even if you go to the best hospital in the world, it will not work. You must surely die. The dog serves like an errand boy to us, the moment it senses any danger, it will pass the information to us. This is the story of centuries ago. The tiger or lion is also sacred to us. Any Orogun indigene that eats these animals without appeasing the gods must surely die.
“The benefits of forbidding the iguana in the modern life are enormous. The communication between us and the shrine called Erosefe is the iguana because when it appeared, the Erosefe itself decorated itself with the iguana. Apart from the war aspect, if an Orogun man is travelling, if anything bad wants to happen, the iguana will appear. If you are driving and because we forbid it, once you see it, you have to wait for some few minutes, the iguana will again walk past the road you are travelling on, and that signifies that there is danger ahead. It will make the person to be more careful.

He added, “Even if an Orogun man sees the iguana on his way to a party, he has to wait for a while before proceeding because there is danger ahead.
“Similarly, our sons and daughters in Diaspora, if danger is about coming to them, the iguana will come around them. Like one of our sons who was travelling to Lybia and was trying to cross the desert, and the Gadafi people were killing those ahead of them. It was the iguana that saved him by blocking the way. So while others were going, the iguana refused to give him way to pass. He tried seven times but the iguana insisted on blocking his way and he decided to wait but surprisingly, he slept off and he had a dream that he should return to Nigeria.  On his way back, the news of his colleagues that were killed came to him and he realised immediately that it was the Erosefe that came to his rescue.

Okpowe added, “The Erosefe itself is not a man-made image, it appears on its own. If both of us go there now, you won’t see anything, it is just the ordinary ground you will see but when they are doing the festival, he will be happy and the flat ground will rise like a mountain. That is the symbol that made us to respect it. If it were man-made, it could have gone out of the community long ago but it is godsend because there is no other priest apart from the Ukomo who takes care of the deity at the palace. This deity at the palaceare like night watchmen. They are called in Kwale language “indichie”, indichies are the watch-nights over all the sons and daughters.

“If you see a married Orogun woman flirting, the “indichies” will hold her or her child and she will confess. It is a form of force that is making the people to obey the commandments of God. If an Orogun man decides to steal what belongs to another Orogun man, the “indichies” will hold him. Then if you consult a native doctor for the purpose of killing your own brother, the “indichies” will also hold you. Your legs will be swell or your face could be turned to one side. If you confess here at the palace, the gods will be appeased and you will get well.
“It is a form of godsend deity to remind us of the ten commandments of God. It makes people here not to plan evil against their neighbours. “The “Ukomo” serves the “Erosefe” and “indichie”, and the person must hail from Emonu community paternally and the mother must hail from Umusu quarter in Orogun town before he can be qualified to be “Ukomo”.

On why the iguana is not widely seen as it used to be in past, Chief Okpowe had this to say, “ They migrate from quarter to quarter; like this quarter that owns the “Erosefe”, there is no time you will not see it. It is just like somebody who is schooling, during holidays you go to your parental home. Occasionally they migrate because they all come from Umusu. The “indichie” is also in all the other four quarters but there is a particular one here that belongs to the most senior which is called “indichie-uku”, it is the overall. It is only here in the palace that you have that one. That is why we also have “Okpara-Uku” here. Anything “Uku” is the senior. Umusu is the most senior and that is where the “Erosefe” appeared.
“If you go to the position of the “Erosefe” now there is a tiger there but if we go there now it won’t talk to us but in case of war or persons trying to take part in it, it will react. The tiger too, if there are some persons who have committed grievous offence in the community, the tiger will go to the compound of such persons to slaughter a goat. And it will take the heart and leave it at the doorstep of the person. It uses it to send signal to people who are bad to stop doing bad,” he added.
He said the people respect it is against evil, “if you do evil, you will not last long, it is only those with good heart that last long in Orogun.
He said the reward of not doing evil is Okpara-Uku, which king of Orogun kingdom gives to such persons.
“That is why everyone in Orogun is trying to do away with evil to enable them attain the position of Okpara-uku, the most senior man in Orogun kingdom. Your hands must be clean to get to that position. If not for the “Erosefe”, the crises that could have erupted here could have been more than the one of Kokori and others. Here, dog does not eat dog, if you kill a son of the soil, your generations will be wiped out forever. If you offend someone here, it will be settled amicably without rancour,” he said.

Source: http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/03/why-orogun-people-still-worship-iguana-dog-tiger/

Op dz is not an iguana...its a komodo dragon
(monitor lizard)

Mckandre:
This ain't iguana na, its either monitor lizard or komodo dragon. iguanas are herbivorous and has been domesticated but this ones re very deadly especially the komodos which is quite a giant like crocodile but bigger. it can perform fight of dominance by standing upright on its hinge legs, it tears larger preys into two by spinning it self on the ground , the slimy siliva is considered poisonous. the first is iguana. The second is the komodo

Gbam. You nailed it.

Osirimononaye:
Menhh!! Dats My Community!!´.....D Whole Package Is True!
#Urhobowadohhh!!!

bro wasup me na from orogun too o

jomoh:

You cannot eat an Iguana.
No one eats Iguana.
The OP is a confusionist. What the OP put there is a monitor Lizard/komodo dragon not an Iguana.://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor_lizard
1. Iguana
2. Monitor Lizard/Komodo dragon

is that not chameleon

Chanchit:
No P, sebi we weh no come from urhobo fit eat Iguana?

Not all parts of Urhobo land reverence dis animal or forbid it. D tradition is peculiar to Orogun Kingdom nd parts of Ukuani.

What the chief said was true. Exactly the way granddad used to tell us when he was alive and king. The war reason is the main reason it is respected till this day, there might have never been an Orogun kingdom without it. The power of this totem super cedes borders as long as an Orogun indigene is concerned. Its can appear far away from home(abroad or other states) either physically or in a dream to warn of impending danger.

I pity those bragging about going there to kill and eat it. Aunt still has a scaly ish on her abdomen from resulting her kicking 1 of them in the tummy when she was a little girl. I've also seen an hausa man suffer from killing 1 and hiding it in a sack, the beast kept crying as he was making his way through the village. He had to be stopped and the sack was checked. Long story short, he threw a burial ceremony, bought a lot of appeasement materials before he was free from his bondage.

I still love my mum's village over dad's. Orogun is bae. I love the king's selection process. Only the eldest and purest, they don't believe an elder should bow to his junior. Great community. Even the name of my street is a great warrior. Ask around.
Ogbu-uku street, Imodje, Orogun.

God bless Nigerians.

Thanks to nat geo wild, vhat's a comodo dragon.

Today goes tomoro comes, buh the tradition of the past remains in the present and future to come.. In other News don't joke with tradition..

D PICS (esp. the second) IS NOT AN IGUANA.. BUT A MONITOR LIZARD.

SEARCH GOOGLE AND SEE

D PICS (esp. the second) IS NOT AN IGUANA.. BUT A MONITOR LIZARD.

SEARCH GOOGLE AND SEE

End time iguana.
End time urhobo.

Oyind17:

is that not chameleon

Lol.


It actually looks like a chameleon but its not. Chameleons change colour Iguana don't.


Na wetin u wan chop be dat.


1. Chameleon
2. Iguana

This is a monitor lizard nau...Iguanas are different

Komodo dragons are much bigger...almost bigger than crocodiles...If u have watched skyfall...it was used in that James bond movie

@op, these are monitor lizards... And not Iguana

Mamode14:
bro wasup me na from orogun too o

Umusu Abi Unukpo?, Am From Umusu Okpara street

Didn't bother reading because I served in this town
Everything OP said is true.

The kind of swager those things walk with in that town ehh.

Saw one in my toilets one morning .

They said we couldnt kill it. They never said anything about us not wiping their head with better stick

It's an iguana bro
Komodos are much bigger cousins with thougher skin

exclusive7:

Op dz is not an iguana...its a komodo dragon
(monitor lizard)

Hummmmn but that's a comodo dragon not an iguana

Uhrobo waddo!!!

Ogborigbo tins. #iRepAragbaOrogun. Those guys no dey use Ogborigbo play

Goodboiyy:
Op thanks for this post.. Atleast there are some people from Urhobo who re like me and Fratermathy who luvs informing people about our people and culture.. Its just so unfortunate that most of Our Urhobo Sons and Daughter don't know how to speak our language neither do they understand our culture.. Wat a pity.

Lemme call on Our Okpako on this forum Cc: Olorogun chief LKO , Freemanan what you say about this ?

Thank u bro. God bless!

don't be an idiot. those are Monitor lizards not Iguanas. Iguanas are endemic to south america

Uncle this is not an Iguana, it's a Monitor Lizard a Smaller Komono Dragon.

jomoh:


Lol.


It actually looks like a chameleon but its not. Chameleons change colour Iguana don't.


Na wetin u wan chop be dat.


1. Chameleon
2. Iguana

So you believe i will eat that thing? I may faint on seeing those animals in real life. common sheep made me scream for help not to talk of iguana. I cant eat such. The two animals really look alike.