It is rare this days to find children wt traddditional tribal marks.

But back then, tribal marks serve important purposes like servin as means of identification, for beautification etc.

These days, ppl no longer appreciate ds aspect of our culture.

Do we av ppl wt tribal marks on nairaland to share thr experiences wt us?

Is ds act nw obsolete or cruel lik sum ppl wil put it nowadays.

Even though I av frnds wt marks, I stil feel glad dt my parents didn't thnk of givin me one back then.

So wt do ppl think nowadays abt tribal marks nd why is it becomin obsolete?

Suggestions please...

Tribal marks is obsolete. A total turn off for me. Why would someone use tribal marks to impair the beauty of their face. Nowadays do people really get lost that much?

@op,im sure that if you have tribal marks, u wont be writing what you wrote here.....just thank your star that you are lucky for not having tribal marks.

Honestly nothing wrong with tribal marks. It is now very unique and very cultural. Most stopped it to assimilate into the fast changing and global world. I dont think people with tribal marks should be looked down on. But i do believe that it should be done when the child can choose if they want it or not.

greatgod2012: @op,im sure that if you have tribal marks, u wont be writing what you wrote here.....just thank your star that you are lucky for not having tribal marks.

Ds is nt mockin anyone for avin tribal marks, jst curios abt why it is obsolete ds days.

My closest frndd has a tribal mark nd we stil live we'll 2geda.



By dd way, do u av tribal mark?


Jst askin...

^^
yes, i have, 16 long marks on each of my cheek.






Hope that satisfy your curiosity.

kaze4blues: Ds is nt mockin anyone for avin tribal marks, jst curios abt why it is obsolete ds days.

My closest frndd has a tribal mark nd we stil live we'll 2geda.

If you feel "These days, ppl no longer appreciate ds aspect of our culture."

How come you don't have a messed-up face? As you feel so strongly about facial mutilation, why not get your face carved? There's no set time, so it's not too late to "appreciate ds aspect of your culture."

Yes they are very bad
Barbaric is the right term

wow....messed up face, mutilation and carved face??...

Are Tribal marks that exceedingly brutal? or people just chose to paint it that way?

Or perhaps they need to be educated more instead of calling it barbaric slurs?

I have family and friends with Tribal marks and they are just as beautiful and respected in the society as any other influential figure in the world.

Tribal marks are predominantly common in Yorubaland and we are very proud if it......

@Greatgod....now I know why I'm passionately drawn to you....I knew it!!

What is there to educate anybody about tribal marks
Will it change them to something desirable?
The thread asks if they are bad and yes they are,they make people look ugly and primitive
The opposite of good is bad
If they were good you will give them to your kids
Just because your relatives have them does not make them a good thing to have in 2013
Who wants to walk around looking like this?
Any parent that does that to a child in today's Nigeria ought to be arrested

I guess that's your opinion and Yeah you need to be educated bout it instead of calling it undesirable ..... It's just disrespectful that's all. And NO they're not bad! What's bad bout it? Pls tell me.

Add on; just read your modified post, this might sound unbelievable to you but I honestly don't see anything wrong with that picture.... Maybe it's part of my culture, they don't look any different to me.

nwando: What is there to educate anybody about tribal marks
Will it change them to something desirable?
The thread asks if they are bad and yes they are,they make people look ugly and primitive
The opposite of good is bad
If they were good you will give them to your kids
Just because your relatives have them does not make them a good thing to have in 2013
Who wants to walk around looking like this?

But ds one bad ooo...


Really pity d woman

jidegirl12: I guess that's your opinion and Yeah you need to be educated bout it instead of calling it undesirable ..... It's just disrespectful that's all. And NO they're not bad! What's bad bout it? Pls tell me.

Go and get your face like that woman if they are desirable
They are bad ,let's call a spade a spade

kaze4blues:



But ds one bad ooo...


Really pity d woman

If you look beyond the marks that lady is a pretty woman
but see the ugly scars somebody deliberately branded on her face
Will that thing not affect her self esteem or cost her jobs and positions
First thing in your mind when you see her is is that she is an illiterate and very unintelligent
That is the impression her face gives

nwando:

Go and get your face like that woman if they are desirable
They are bad ,let's call a spade a spade

What spade? Tribal marks are obsolete/kinda old school thingy just like buggie boogie, old damask... just cause its not practised anymore doesn't make it bad. Got it?

And that's why I said you need to be educated bout it.

nwando:

If you look beyond the marks that lady is a pretty woman
but see the ugly scars somebody deliberately branded on her face
Will that thing not affect her self esteem or cost her jobs and positions
First thing in your mind when you see her is is that she is an illiterate and very unintelligent
That is the impression her face gives

Lol @ illiterate & unintelligent , and did you just said it'll cost her jobs/positions??... You're obviously ignorant and Tripping I tell ya

jidegirl12:

What spade? Tribal marks are obsolete/kinda old school thingy just like buggie boogie, old damask... just cause its not practised anymore doesn't make it bad. Got it?

And that's why I said you need to be educated bout it.

Still practised dear just that it is much less
That tells you people are catching up to the times and doing away with it
Why?
It is not good to scar people's faces

jidegirl12:

Lol @ illiterate & unintelligent , and did you just said it'll cost her jobs/positions??... You're obviously ignorant and Tripping I tell ya

You can tell yourself lies,I call a spade a spade,nothing to do with what tribe does it

people wouldn't hire her as a receptionist in a hotel or anywhere reasonable that for sure,you wouldn't
That right there is a huge downside
Her face is not a face anyone would want on their business website except they are advertising the safari and wild animals
Truth be told

Lookin @ it frm a modern day perspective, one wil agree dt tribal marks re actually bad since they MAY reduce d self esteem of whoever has it.


Bt ds is nt 2 brush asidde d fact dt back in those days tribal marks re really appreciated nd uses as means of beautification nd even identification.


Tribal marks re common among d yorubas nd hausas, but less common within dd igbos.

greatgod2012: @op,im sure that if you have tribal marks, u wont be writing what you wrote here.....just thank your star that you are lucky for not having tribal marks.

Thank you oooooooh.

jidegirl12:
Tribal marks are predominantly common in Yorubaland and we are very proud if it......

It's not just the Yorubas; the Hausas, I think Urhobos and some tribes of Ghana engage in "tribal marking".

ferhyntorlah:

It's not just the Yorubas; the Hausas, I think Urhobos and some tribes of Ghana engage in "tribal marking".

But you saw with your eyes I wrote 'common'abi ? Mrs Teacher Fehin what does that mean in your books?

Tribal marks re less predominant among igbos.


Don't know d reasons for dat though.

Ddifferent dialects in yorubaland even av marks dat re peculiar to them.


To me, it's an aspect of our culture dat shld nt be exiled.

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Oh My God! This is wickedness!

Tribal marks were important back then because they served as identification and also, were used to distinguish people from different tribes and localities.

Thus, you ran less risk of mistaking someone for a different ethnicity or region when they were not.

So, its not about them being bad or good, but more about preserving identity.

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I fink ds topic shld b on d front page since it is an eye-opener for many ppl nd also provides an insight into one aspect of culture dat av gone obsolete...


Xpectin d mods to act on ds pleaseeee

^ just face your front, and stop taking panadol for another person's headache.

Besides, learn to use the search function, if you must meddle in what doesnt concern you.

tpia@:
^ just face your front, and stop taking panadol for another person's headache.

Besides, learn to use the search function, if you must meddle in what doesnt concern you.

What re all these rantins about?


U refferrin to ma post?......


Seems u re speakin japanese?

nwando: What is there to educate anybody about tribal marks
Will it change them to something desirable?
The thread asks if they are bad and yes they are,they make people look ugly and primitive
The opposite of good is bad
If they were good you will give them to your kids
Just because your relatives have them does not make them a good thing to have in 2013
Who wants to walk around looking like this?
Any parent that does that to a child in today's Nigeria ought to be arrested

I was just imagining the pains she had felt during the early stage!

Very sad

Though it was given as symbols of beautification amongst other things back in the days,i don't see anything beautiful about tribal marks.
I have never met anyone with tribal marks who sees it as a thing of pride or something to bless their children with.
I have an aunt and uncle with tribal marks and they really would have been better off without it
If scars are not cool,then tribal marks is a sorrier sentence
It is BAD,BAD,BAD!!!
It is cruelty to deface a helpless person like that!
Besides,in a country that's trying to rise above ethnicity and tribalism,i think its okay that the practice is slowly fading away.

After all has been said...it seems tribal marks re now considered Obsolete, barbaric nd evn an act dat is cruel.

I don't knw abt naija bt am sure in developed world, d law wil strictly prohibit any act of incision onto d face.

I wish naija govt can follow suit....


But mehn.....our ppl wil soon shout nd even call gej clueless shld dt b d case