Donzman:


PLEASE IF YOU KNOW THIS NAMING CEREMONY EXISTS, PLEASE DO TELL US HOW IT TAKES PLACE! I do not think this is very hard for an event that exists, traditional marriages, new yam festivals, I can easily tell you what it involves.

TerraCotta,Laudate, Thiefofhearts, you all know of this Igbo naming ceremony, please tell us how it unfolds and the key players involved.

Freewilly:

Guy seriously I don't see why this naming ceremony thing should even be a topic of discussion, even if Igbos have a naming ceremony so what. When My kid sister was born, a few of my parents friends came over drank beer and eat food and that was it. My kid sister was named after our big mama because every body said she looked like her.

Please back to tribal marks.

Donzman:

@Laudate

I was calling you a pathological liar for fun but now you're one INDEED. Nobody on these threads ever denied that "naming" didn't exist in Igboland, we said there were no naming CEREMONIES. Geez, if we didn't name our kids, I suppose they came out of the womb with custom made name tags from God, you people are comical!

Donzman:

@Loudmouthed Laudate

It shows how little you know your cousins to think they were only named on their christening day. I was christended and so did other 30+ kids in my family that I know of (Thank God), we had names before the christening day!

PLEASE IF YOU KNOW THIS NAMING CEREMONY EXISTS, PLEASE DO TELL US HOW IT TAKES PLACE! I do not think this is very hard for an event that exists, traditional marriages, new yam festivals, I can easily tell you what it involves.

TerraCotta,Laudate, Thiefofhearts, you all know of this Igbo naming ceremony, please tell us how it unfolds and the key players involved.

Josh4ever9:

Why must u call it facial mutilation? And the way u say the Yoruba is misleading, that is saying the whole of yoruba land practice [/b]tribal marking
Just as some people get annoyed when TOH and others say the igbo have naming ceremonies, some people get annoyed when freewilly and others say the yoruba practice facial mutilation, [b]that is why this thread is never going to stop, until everybody stops ascribing something a subgroup of people do to the whole group,

And the way u say the Yoruba is misleading, that is saying the whole of yoruba land practice [b][/b]tribal marking

Donzman:

Infact it is as easy as ABC, if you have ATTENDED this naming ceremony, come out and say so, also do not forget to tell us how it went.

Donzman:

The challenge is still on the table, if you know how this naming ceremony takes place, post it. Put up or shut up, no more gibberish from non-entities!

@Loudmouth Laudate

Stop being stupid, I'm telling you naming ceremonies do not exist in Igboland. You're claiming it exists, it's upto you to provide me with details on how this naming ceremony takes place.

ThiefOfHearts:

Notice how the foolish OP hasnt been back since. Ironic isnt it?

It doesnt even matter because Iman/4Play had already exposed their true intentions from the beginning. 
e mi ko ni won ton je

ThiefOfHearts:

Get a summer job, Donz.

ThiefOfHearts:

Get a summer job, Donz.

davidylan:

na wa o. . . all these because of naming children.  
Nigerians sha, no wonder we are the happiest people on earth. We love to build a mountain out of a molehill.

On behalf of President Yar Adua, i hereby declare all forms of naming ceremonies, by parties or in secret, igu afa or isomoloruko, 8th day or 17th week BANNED! You name your child at your own risk of being charged with a federal felony.

davidylan:

asaba's arent igbos?

Donzman:

@Laudate

Funny enough my grandma is from Asaba and is definitely older and more experienced than that man, she tells me they do not have naming ceremonies, people name their kids when and how they wish. Between my grey-haired ma and that man, I believe her!

By the way, aren't you one of those claiming Asabas weren't Igbos, shows how hypocritical people are on Nairaland.

Donzman:

By the way Laudate, do not think I did not visit the links you provided, obviously the writer of that article lacks credibility. He states on page 100 that naming ceremonies are seen as the most important ceremonies in a child's family in Igboland, how important is this ceremony if most Igbos on this thread have told you they haven't attended one?

Donzman:

By the way Laudate, do not think I did not visit the links you provided, obviously the writer of that article lacks credibility. He states on page 100 that naming ceremonies are seen as the most important ceremonies in a child's family in Igboland, how important is this ceremony if most Igbos on this thread have told you they haven't attended one?

Even at that, the author constantly makes it clear he's talking about Asaba people and how the method of naming varies widely across Igboland. The naming ceremony could be due to outside cultural influence on Asaba people, it does not reflect the Igbo society as a whole. Just like Onitsha, Asabas and some other communities have long running monarchs does not mean Igbo society as a whole depend on monarchy.

Asaba is not an ideal picture of Igbo cultural society!

That's what Lakal and Laudate were trying to tell us in another thread!

Donzman:


Even at that, the author constantly makes it clear he's talking about Asaba people and how the method of naming varies widely across Igboland. The naming ceremony could be due to outside cultural influence on Asaba people, it does not reflect the Igbo society as a whole. Just like Onitsha, Asabas and some other communities have long running monarchs does not mean Igbo society as a whole depend on monarchy.

Asaba is not an ideal picture of Igbo cultural society!

ThiefOfHearts:

You sound a wee jealous and bitter osisi. Perhaps if you werent so full of hate and contempt for the "Yoruba people", those so called Lagos road blockers would invite you to their celebration.

babyosisi:

Jealous and bitter are not the right words,there is absolutely nothing about a Yoruba man or woman for a proud Igbo woman to be jealous of.
I may be hungry and yearning for some fried meat and ofe mmanu from time to time, that does not make me jealous and full of contempt.
Mind yourself o

ThiefOfHearts:

Too much bitter leaf in your diet, osisi