Ileke-IdI:

Which case would that be?

manny4life:

You couldn't discern for me the styles, it's not relevant at this point, anyway, I gtg to bed NOW. I've not had a good sleep since four days now and tomorrow is another work day. Argument all night with no sleep makes Manny a tired and sleepy employee tomorrow. I sure don't wanna be dozing off on my desk, Good Night yall, perhaps I will reply later, 12hrs later

tpia@:



nnamdi azikwe was the most famous igbo man of his time to wear agbada, i think.

and i believe it was to show his multiculturalism and national nature- someone correct me if i'm wrong.

lagcity:

[size=16pt] Question: Wetin make Oyibo open mouth dey drool for Sunday morning?

Answer: Elegant Yoruba women going to church.

OMO, come see Oyibo paparazzi for Sunday Morning in Washington, DC.  [/size]

Ileke-IdI:

Actually, most of the wedding attires and tailoring and designs on Bella Naija were done by Lanre De Silva and other Yoruba Fashionistas. But cant really say they're Yoruba fashon because she and others are doing it for Nigerians of all tribes. But most of these fashionistas are Yorubas.

For example http://www.bellanaija.com/2011/11/02/wed-magazine-debuts-its-pinkbudget-issue-preps-for-the-wed-expo-in-2012/


Another, Segun Gele, designing new gele styles . . . . women all over the globe have been introduced to his styles.

htajz:

for lagosians cus bella naija is all about lagos, lagos is not nigeria pls wake up.

tpia@:

i think the main point of the thread is if you're adopting yoruba dressing, then you have to stop hating on yorubas.

that's it in a nutshell.

btw can anyone explain what ofala ceremony is.

when did it start, where is it practiced, etc.

are the people featured in those photos of yoruba descent?

htajz:

for lagosians cus bella naija is all about lagos, lagos is not nigeria pls wake up.

lagcity:

Ijawmonkey, go and sleep b4 i call u out again

Ileke-IdI:

Lanre De Silva and the other fashinists are not located in Lagos and most of the weddings are abroad, not Lagos.  visit that fabulous website plz

Ileke-IdI:

Lanre De Silva and the other fashinists are not located in Lagos and most of the weddings are abroad, not Lagos.  visit that fabulous website plz

htajz:

you for make sense except that yorubas have no dress for other to adopt , you still wear agbada you got from northerners.

htajz:

the more reason you should not use it as a reference for up to 200 million nigerians living in nigeria alone , think before you type next time, 99 percent of nigeria in nigeria have no idea what bella naija is talkless of who lanre whatever is

Ileke-IdI:

If it's abroad and also at home, it's more of a reason to use it. Shows diverse locations.
Which basically killed your Lagos is not Nigerian story.

htajz:

this is what living in diaspora for soo many years can do to someone.

Ileke-IdI:

This is what living in Nigeria for so many years does to you?
Plz prove a point if you have any. All your points have been killed and pathetically sinked.

Alas, I am being called away. Tomorrow, ppl.

htajz:

how ironic considering the fact a lot of you look like monkeys, stop throwing punches in the air  loser

For those who wished to continue in the old ways and traveled to faraway Ilorin for oracular consultations, Onyeama imported Ilorin Muslim medicine men

lagcity:

i called you ppl monkeys becos the saying "monkey see, monkey do" applies to you ppl. you see Yorubas doing something, then u go ahead and copy it the wrong way even though we both eat the same fish protein . what is the problem?

make i direct you to this Ijaw link so that u can see how Ijaws are bytch1ng abt how they wanna be like Yorubas but failing at it.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/in-the-next-30-years-our-language-will-suffer-if-nothing-is-done-comrade-evah/

“The Yorubas because of their advancement in education, right from the time of Bishop Ajayi Crowther, even before the 21st Century, have structured themselves so that their language survives. Now, our own language is dying because we are not yet advanced like the Yorubas who structured their language in a way that it becomes an alternative to the English Language." - Comrade Joseph Evah, the Co-ordinator, Ijaw Monitoring Group and Publicity Secretary, Ijaw National Congress, INC,

htajz:

your soo foolish , go to ijawland and find out if the language is dying and what they speak there , mumu.

One_Naira:

They keep lying to themselves.  Some people need to travel out of their village.  So far all I keep hearing from the OP and her cohort is Yoruba modernized agbada; Yoruba agbada is different from the original creator.  The rest of us non-Yoruba cannot see the difference, the only people that have this magical ability to see the difference between sudano-sahelian agbada and Yoruba agbada is Yoruba so how does that make it your own agbada.  When asked to show us this difference so the rest of us can follow you na, it becomes a daunting task. Changing the hat or the material (debatable) used does not make it modernized.  It's the same thing.  Give the rightful owner their creation and accept you borrowed it?  Maba.  Now Its Yoruba invented gele and they are the ones who introduced SE and SS Ichiafu?  what's next? Yoruba jacket? Yoruba jean? Yoruba shirt? Yoruba skirt? Yoruba gloves?  Okay ohhh.  Yoruba invented everything even this world.  Yoruba invented Ipod, the sun, the sand and the moon.  I think they even invented the sky.   Are you people happy now?  You change one or two things and that makes it your own?  If so then I’m the creator of housing since I just renovated my own two days ago.

Abeg carry go, this back and forth argument is giving me a headache sef. Ileke-idi superiority and inferiority complex all mixed into one got no head and tail, why do it na?  This topic is worthless, abet Crayola carry on and spam this worthless thing. Ezeagu and the rest, let’s leave them with delusion. 

Aigbofa:

You are forgetting that the very ground on which you are standing right now was created from Ile-Ife. Now, what are you gonna do about that?

One_Naira:

Yes ooh. America was created from Ile-Ife.

No wonder Barack Obama's real name is Babatunde Olorunfunmi.