tpia@:

There is no problem.

We welcome every potential yoruba into our fold.

Let us know if assistance is needed with governance, romance issues, cultural know how, etc. We'll send someone over to teach these things.

No biggie and nothing new. We are all one.

Chyz*:

How can you teach something you lack? Now scram. Dont jump your boundaries.

Hausa and Yoruba haven't always worn flowing robes like Agbada

lagcity:

Are u not the clown who said ibos wear Yoruba and Hausa clothing to blend in and do business? why are ibos still wearing it in America and Western world? is it also to blend in with Yoruba or what?

tpia@:

There is no problem.

We welcome every potential yoruba into  our fold.

Let us know if assistance is needed with governance, romance issues, cultural know how, etc. We'll send someone over to teach these things.

No biggie and nothing new. We are all one.

Negro_Ntns:

Eze, the ones in Lagos are already conditioned to see West as their surrogate home and political shelter.  It's an incremental psychological re-orientation.  In few more years their naturalized children ad grand children will spit at you if you dare call them Igbo.

That means they will one day hold office as governor.

tpia@:

look, lets face the facts here.

the rate at which yoruba men are gallivanting around, swooping in and carrying off women of other tribes is indeed out of control and i'd be alarmed too if it were me.

so the next best thing is to get this swagger or mojo or whatever you want to call it. Let the ladies see the thing wey dey shack dem in the yoruba dudes, in their own men as well.


if na agbada and cap dem dey take oppress these non-yoruba guys, then agbada will suffer a sea change and move temporarily to the other side of the niger.

Negro_Ntns:

After they shed the blood of Oduduwa enemies, Yes!

ezeagu:

I don't know if you know anything about Nigeria, but it's men that usually chase women, not the other way. And there are excess Igbo women on this earth so it's okay for them to go and spread culture elsewhere, like they are with other Nigerians, Caribbean's, and African Americans. Go and ask the Kalabari how it turned out for them. The hand that rocks the cradle. . . . .

imagine bragging about your men travelling to find other women to marry instead

tpia@:

we have to face facts here- most non-yoruba women find yoruba men very attractive.

i dont know the whys and wherefores but that's how it is.

tpia@:

not sure where you're seeing bragging.

i'm simply commenting on what i've observed?

Ileke-IdI:

Cultural influence happens. Esp in this 21st century.

ezeagu:

You've observed that Yoruba women are being dumped for women of other cultures?

Men chase women, women don't chase men

stillwater:

Only on NL people think Igbos hate Yorubas and vice versa. You people should separate internet from reality, unless that's your reality sha.

It's just fashion people. Fashion in Nigeria has changed. Anybody can wear anything.
Like I said before, it's of recent Yoruba's started wearing this kind of gele. Maybe madam Kofo was the inspiration. lol.

[img]http://3.bp..com/-ERIHla7jXjE/Tkw23rbkjRI/AAAAAAAAAD8/g7HbLy7EWCQ/s1600/gele-photoshoot-behind-the-scenes32.jpg[/img]

The colorful geles are a recent modification from not even Nigeria. Geles used to look more like the top picture, but they have been modified to look like this now. That is fashion. Yoruba did not start it. That is why in your weddings you were aso-oke and Igbo and south south wear them more in their weddings.

[img]http://3.bp..com/-PIGQP9aHqxY/Tkw210Qdp9I/AAAAAAAAAD4/RvjQJY1Hx74/s1600/Ade+Adetayo.png[/img]

Someone said Igbos called it Ichafu. That is why in most Igbo weddings and South South weddings they wear them more. You people should stop using internet to know the Nigerian culture, go to Naija. Everyone knows the stereotypical yoruba dressing is aso-oke, and south east to be the george and the gele. That is the Nigeria I grew up in. Let's not twist fact. I think Madam Kofo actually paved way for Yorubas to start embracing this type of gele.

See Dakore's wedding.





Igbo Wedding


Even this paper-gele is becoming old school. What people wear now has this lacy texture to it in Nigeria.

This is a Yoruba girl getting married. Her sisters wore Igbo style of dressing, double wrapper george and lace top. The gele they are wearing is the modern modification of old school geles. It has a lacy texture. That is what is reigning now in Naija.



These material the girls on the side of the bride would pass for george.



On a closing note, Igbo people are not one dimensional, you can do whatever you like, wear whatever you like. It's all fashion. Afterall this is an Igbo couple on their wedding day, lol.



Same with Yoruba people. I'm sure I've seen the Indian style dressing in a couple of Yoruba weddings.

ChinenyeN:

Odumchi, I'm still waiting on your reply in the "Are Igbos Culturally Fused?" topic, or did you think my question wasn't serious?

In the 1950’s a British company “Hayes” made most of the Yoruba high fashion head ties.  In the 1970’s those head ties incorporated N  and $ (Naira or money) symbols into the woven fabric and other high society associated symbols including the Mercedes Benz symbol.   In the 1970’s the more popular head ties came from Switzerland.  Today they come from China.



There was a time when head ties were made of silk.  But when a head ties is old or of floppy material one has to stuff it with a plastic bag or paper for it to hold its shape.  Damask was used by the wealthy ladies as head ties because it was heady.  However, it was also difficult to tie.  If you are high fashion Nigerian then once a year you will clean out your head ties and distribute them to relatives who do not have as much as them. It is also quite fashionable to take old head ties turn them into quilts.

odumchi:

Didn't even notice it. I'll reply soon.

tpia@:

give examples.

last time i checked, nigerian men in general are running haywire in every nook and cranny looking for foreign women [and men] to assist them with papers.

doubt its an exclusively yoruba thing and dont go there because you might be pointing fingers at others while ignoring the fingers pointing back at you.

ChinenyeN:

The correct term would actually be diffusion.

Ileke-IdI:

Also, no one is claiming that Yorubas were not or are not being influenced by other culture.

I see a alot of acculturation between Binis and Yorubas, both influence each other.

However, the topic as of right now, is the Yoruba influence on Igbos.

Anybody is allowed to make another thread of another influence.

odumchi:

Believe it or not, I am yet to see Yoruba influence on Igbo culture. Attire (in the sort that has been posted on this thread) is not necessarily culture, rather it is "fashion".

Until Igbo people practice Yoruba marriage customs or answer Yoruba names, I can't say that theres any real influence on Yoruba on Igbo or vise versa. If you are serious about searching for real cultural influences groups have had upon each other, you'd look well before 1900.

Please refer to the video I posted above to see traditional Igbo clothing (especially on the women). I'm actuality, most of these things people wear today were not adorned by their ancestors 100 or even 200 years ago.