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Biblical Traditions Of Igbos Before The Advent Of European Missionaries To Afric by IkpuMmadu: 3:18pm On Jul 24, 2017
1. NSO NWANYI
In Igboland women live apart from their husbands and neither cooks for them nor enter their quarters while in their period; they are seen as unclean. This practice is still applicable in some parts of Igboland, especially by the traditionalists. Before a woman can enter the palace of the Obi of Onitsha, for instance, she will be asked if she is in her period. If she is, she will be asked to stay out.

Leviticus 15: 19-20
When a woman has her monthly period, she remains unclean, anyone who touches her or anything she has sat on becomes unclean.

2. ANA OBI
An Igbo man’s ancestral heritage called “Ana Obi” is not sellable. Elders will not permit that. If it is somehow done due to the influence of the West the person is considered a fool and is ostracized by the community.

1 Kings 21:3
"I inherited this vineyard from my ancestors, and the Lord forbid that I should sell it," said Naboth.

3. IKUCHI NWANYI
Igbos have practised the taking of a late brother's wife into marriage after she had been widowed until the White men came. Now it is rarely done except in very rural villages.

Deuteronomy 25:5
A widow of a dead man is not to be married outside the family; it is the duty of the dead man's brother to marry her.

4. IGBA ODIBO
In Igboland, there is a unique form of apprenticeship in which either a male family member or a community member will spend six years (usually in their teens to their adulthood) working for another family. In the seventh year the head of the host household, who is usually the older man who brought the apprentice into his household, will establish the apprentice (Idu Uno) by either setting up a business for him or by giving money or tools the apprentice will use to make a living.

Exodus 21:2
If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve you for six years. In the seventh year he is to be set free without having to pay you anything.

5. IRI JI OFUU
In Igboland, the yam is very important as it is our staple crop. There are celebrations such as the New Yam Festival (Iri Ji) which heralds the harvesting of the crop. New Yam Festival is celebrated annually to secure a good harvest of the staple crop. In the good old days it is an abomination for one to eat new harvested before the festival. It is the tradition that you give yam to the gods of the land first as a thanksgiving.

Deuteronomy 16:9
Count seven weeks from the time that you begin to harvest the crops, and celebrate the harvest festival to honor the Lord your God, by bringing Him a freewill offering in proportion to the blessing He has given you. Celebrate in the Lord's presence together with your children, servants, foreigners. Be sure that you obey my command, said the Lord.

6. IBE UGWU
In Igboland it is the tradition that the male children are circumcised on the eighth day. This tradition is practised till date.

Leviticus
On the eighth day, the child shall be circumcised.

7. OMUGWO
In Igboland, there is a practice known as "Ine Omugwo". After a woman has given birth to a child, a very close and experienced relative of hers, in most cases her mother, is required by tradition to spend time with her and her husband. She is to do all the work normally done of the the woman who has just given birth, and also take care of her. The new mother’s only assignment is to breastfeed the baby. This goes on for a month or more. In the Igbo old tradition, at this time, the new mother lives apart from her husband, would not cook or enter his quarters.

Leviticus 12:1-4
For seven days after a woman gives birth, she is ritually unclean as she is during her monthly period. It will be 33 days until she is ritually clean from the loss of blood; she is not to touch anything that is holy.
Re: Biblical Traditions Of Igbos Before The Advent Of European Missionaries To Afric by 0b100100111: 3:29pm On Jul 24, 2017
Whoever composed this gibberish should be pounded with black-soap, palm oil with a pair of tortoise eyes for money ritual charm.

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