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nwanyi ibo mmadu ike bu aru
nwanyi iri elu ukwu nkwu bu aru

Fee aju mana akola nsi.meaning with juju, make someone dizzy but do nat kill him.

igbo nwe mmadu ana m ekele o!,ihe bu aru n'alaigbo ebuka;...nke mbu:
a,nwaanyi anaghi awa oji(women shouldnot break kola nut)
b,mmadu ikpa ji ya na oha obodo erie--beghi ji ohu{one shouldnot harvest his yam without the "new yam festival"}
c,iza mbara ezi na abali(sweeping at night is forbiden)
d,inwu nwanne gi azu ara sokwa na imirikiti ihe ndi ozo.

Andre Uweh:
Eziokwu ka ikwuru.
Kedu kwanu maka nkpuru osisi ndi nke no na Ozara Okigwe-Enugwu express road?. Nkpuru osisi kashiu juputara ebeaha. Ndi madu na akwushi na aghora ya aracha. Odim ka onweghi ndi wee ya.
Amam na obughi ohi.

thats a very dangerous zone for both kidnappers and thieves

Asikwala nne gi na nna gi asi (Do not lie to your parents)
Gbaa mbo tuo utu ndozi Obodo (endeavour to pay your community development levy)

biko, mmu nne mu, anyi achon' oyibo n ebaa

onye kpata aku, ya welata ulo ( aku ruo ulo.)

mafifle: Iwu nke nbu Ele kwala ada(daughter) onye nwe ulo(landlord) anya na ike.

lol

How does this make the front page?

Iwu onyochi onyara onyi beribe of people speaking indigbo on nairaland .Ipu nnegi of nybody here we abouse me with this post ..All this story here na Akiko Anuba bia

anishe: How does this make the front page?

Ask ur question in Igbo for our understanding. Ok Let me help u. Kedu ka ihea si rute iru(ihu) akwukwo?

Biko na-ede ihe ndia na igbo izugbe.

Madu a kofe kwala oke..koba oru n'ime ala ibe ya

Anala madu ihe ya n'ike: Do not forcibly take over somebody's property, either movable or non-movable.

Iwu nke asa! Onye aka di lie nnaya maka na obu-ghi okpara gburu ya

anishe: How does this make the front page?

Because this thread is very educative and informative. It is more educative than half of the threads in the front page. Am happy the moderators now come to the cultural section to see what we do.
Thanks to all the mods and adm.

Iwu nke iri ato na ato! Atu gwala ujo mgbe i na ara nwanyi ishi mkpe. Maka ihe ji di ya ji siri ya ike!

Sopuru nna gi na nne gi Ka ubochi gi were di anya [honor ur father and ur mother so dat ur days shal be long]

Ejiné: Akwu la udoh - Do not commit suicide (usually by hanging at the time).
Suicide is seriously frowned upon, and you are buried with no honor, with your body facing the earth.

@Ejine, thanks a lot for this wondrous post above. Imeela, onye nwe anyi gba gi umee.
Ikwu udo (suicide) is an abomination, so is murder. In both cases, apart from the prescribed saction, the land, that is Ala, Ani or Ana, must be cleansed because human blood is sacred in terms of its support of life. Such blood constitutes pollutants to Ala. Murder and suicide are also regarded as offences against Chukwu. This reason in Igbo culture is that God alone owns life (Chinwendu, Chijindu), gives life, and only God can take life. In murder and suicide, someone is attempting to oust God and thereafter play God's role.

@Andre umeh, amam na ikwa iko na ira mmadu bu ofu mana onwelu ka odalum na nti.
Maka iwu obodo
na obodo'm anyi nwekwalu otutu iwu. Nke mbu.
Obu nso ire mobu iko ede na mbosi orio.
Nke abou.
Obu nso igbu azu na ufodi mmri/iyi di na obodo'm
Nke ato.
Obu nso igbu agwo ocha.
Nkea na ndi ozo iga ohu na okwulu mejuputara iwu na obodo'n na aniigbo.
Akwasina nwane gi/nke onye ozo, mobu nwunye mmadu/nke nwanegi iko
Egbuna ochu
etena ime
ezuna ohi. dili gawa zia
onye mebilu nso a adago iwu obodo.

Iwu Alaigbo

1) Iga ebinyiri okenye na oche ka otukwuru ala

2) Anula ogu ebe aka na akwa ozu nwuru anwu

3) Egbukwana ma obu kpunye mmadu efi(cow) na oburu na igbubehiri nna gi efi

PAGAN 9JA:
why isnt their a law against christianity

because when the missionaries came what they where preaching from the bible was similar to most igbo laws and i guess thats why it was easy for them to convert igbos

Orire na oghugho nmadu bu nso na mba ufodu na ala Igbo.

The buying and selling of human beings is not accepted in some communities in Igboland.

A rich culture with rules and morals that guided us.. Im Igbo and am very ashamed of the fact that I can't speak Ibo fluently...

Andre Uweh:
Eziokwu ka ikwuru.
Kedu kwanu maka nkpuru osisi ndi nke no na Ozara Okigwe-Enugwu express road?. Nkpuru osisi kashiu juputara ebeaha. Ndi madu na akwushi na aghora ya aracha. Odim ka onweghi ndi wee ya.
Amam na obughi ohi.

lekwanu m anya bikonu! Onye gwara gi na onweghi ndi nwe kashiu ndi ahu? Oh imaghi na nkpuru akuku ndi ahu bu ya na enye ndi IHUBE nakwa ndi LERU (obodo abuo gbara ala ahu gburu gburu) nni(food). However,they allow anybody 2 cum eat fruits and leave d nuts behind(d nuts r actualy d mainstay of there economy). Well,u shud rmember d war in d late 80s and early 90s involving d 2 communites. . .they were fighting 4 control man! And a lota people lost their lives