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Any Tribe In 9JA Practice Polyandry??? by PAGAN9JA(m): 12:02pm On May 07, 2012 |
have you heard of any tribe in Nigeria, where the wife has more than one husband |
Re: Any Tribe In 9JA Practice Polyandry??? by TheArbiter: 12:15pm On May 07, 2012 |
I recall a colonial study documenting a minority tribe along the middle belt or North-eastern Nigeria (Adamawa region) practicing it. Will delve into my library and see if i can come up with a name. Due to the stigma, u may find few willing to admit their tribe practices it. |
Re: Any Tribe In 9JA Practice Polyandry??? by TheArbiter: 6:05am On May 10, 2012 |
@PAGAN 9JA Havn't found the reference yet. Rifling thru old books can be pretty boring. Will make a note to make a post when i find it (kinda busy wit other things now). |
Re: Any Tribe In 9JA Practice Polyandry??? by PAGAN9JA(m): 10:19pm On May 11, 2012 |
Brother dont worry yourself. I fount out the Polyanders of Nigeria. It is the Irigwe Peoples of Jos Plateau. Co-husband relationships enjoyed by the traditional Irigwe system of secondary marriage helped in former days to keep the tribe's twenty-five ritual units at peace with one another. In 1968 both the traditionalist "pagan" majority and the change oriented Christian minority on the Irigwe Tribal Council voted to outlaw all future secondary marriages, after the recent establishment of a Tribal Administration. The Irigwe, numbering around 17,000, are the third largest of several dozen "plateau pagan" tribes on the Jos Plateau in Benue-Plateau State, Nigeria. Situated on the western edge of the Plateau around 20 miles west of the towns of Jos and Bukuru, the lrigwe have their own language and social traditions which clearly distinguish them from the other plateau tribes. They are currently renowned all over the Plateau, indeed all over Nigeria, as skilled dancers. [img]http://sirismm.si.edu/eepa/eep/eepa_04572.jpg[/img] |
Re: Any Tribe In 9JA Practice Polyandry??? by ifyalways(f): 1:14am On May 12, 2012 |
PAGAN 9JA:Interesting.Do Irigwes still exist in present day Plateau? Swinging comes close. |
Re: Any Tribe In 9JA Practice Polyandry??? by Ybutterfly: 3:11am On May 12, 2012 |
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Re: Any Tribe In 9JA Practice Polyandry??? by PAGAN9JA(m): 7:27am On May 12, 2012 |
ifyalways: Interesting.Do Irigwes still exist in present day Plateau? yes ofcourse they do. those pictures are quite new. Around 17000-20,000 Irigwes. |
Re: Any Tribe In 9JA Practice Polyandry??? by emofine2(f): 2:50pm On May 12, 2012 |
Interesting. |
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