PAGAN 9JA:
don't listen to these christians. they have no respect for our forests and our animals. all they know is to kill anything that doesn't pay them tithe.

Had a course mate who served in ebonyi, told me of same story. inasmuch as i tend to respect peoples culture and beliefs, there's no way am letting that snake get 100mtrs near me,talk more my house!

i still dey kill rat wey hussle enta my house, na snake i go come entertain with food ?

collins.123:
*hisses on thread and continues sipping alomo + black label & 2 packs of Target cigarettes and waiting for mama oyoyo to finish my catfish pepper soup while playing ludo.

On to the next one

only u they smoke, they drink alomo, black label n cigar, u come play ludo join and pepper soup they fire, haba! U get 4 hand?

just passing

green snake near me ke,i go kill any dam snake green or pink...


I hate snakes more than any animal..

Its so sad that this is tru cos I went to anambra state enugu agidi to b precise I was told dey don't kill snakes there but yet the pipul der leave in fear. Leave in fear I said because how do u xpect somebody to block every little holes n don't open d windows because of d snake n yet they say d snake does not harm, n of u kill d snake u will end up burying it like a human were u perform evry ceremony.snakes re dangerous animal especially wen dey re bigger than deir prey, may b until d snakes gets bigger than human n starts swallowing dem den dey will forget that tradition...

kaeto: only u they smoke, they drink alomo, black label n cigar, u come play ludo join and pepper soup they fire, haba! U get 4 hand?

d guy na mortal combat na

Wow! Dats a snake wif a beautiful colour

interesting thread.learnt something new today.beautiful write up op

It the same in many places except the animals is differ, in Itu lga of Akwa ibm state you dare not kill a monkey, if u kill it u will do the burial like they do to humans. In my village b4 u don't kill a squirel becaus it symbolised the community diety. They say in those days when the tradition was obeyed any member of the village that is in danger anywhere wil just shout the name of the diety and it wil send help. Example, since most members are fisher men anytime a canoe sank just call the name of the diety and u wil see a log of wood which u wil hold onto till help come .

Guy attend to your NYSC stuff and leave village things. It is same in my home town EZIORA OZUBULU in Anambra state.

At some point when i was reading the article i thought the reason for not killing the snakes were something to do with nature like the monkeys that are not killed in Nairobi and Durban but it has to do with a fetish belief... i taya for naija!

As Perikomo would say " Omenani ndi diri ha"
Odinani ana-ese okwu eh?
Odinani ana-ese okwu eh? Ya mere ihe ndi ji buru ndi ha
Anyi ebinigo, na chi asala, ekere mgba n'aha----
Umu okorobia jiri ososo gbata..... orugo ka o na eru

Vintage Perikomo and his Arondizuogu Traditional Dance Group
" Nyikaigbudu" by title

touchmeder: interesting thread.learnt something new today.beautiful write up op

what is OP?

In my mum's village they don't kill the python. If it comes to you home it is a sign of a bad omen so at least not as common.

Yours GEJ,:


dem hold you? go check am out and give us your report. Where you want make we wait for you? Hospital or mortuary?

u no wan pity dis dude at all bt i go prefer mortuary 4 am

Cityofdavid: When my NYSC call up letter requested me to report at Ebonyi state, I leaped for joy because I wasn't posted to the North where the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents were rampant. I once thought that the only thing worthy of dread was the Boko Haram sect, but it has occurred to me that Boko Haram is just one of the many unsualiness in parts of Nigeria. The most memorable moment during my odyssey to Ebonyi state from Lagos was the point when my vehicle crossed the river Niger which borders Delta State and Anambra State. The memories of Chinua Achebe's novel "Chike and the River" nostagically swept accross my mind like erosion on Benin roads. I recalled how the adventurous Chike crossed the Niger and providentially emerged a hero following his effort in helping the police to nab the leader of a notorious gang of robbers. But unlike Chike who crossed the Niger out of cheer curiousity, I crossed the river Niger for the first time in the quest of serving my fatherland. While on the Niger bridge, it became instinctive that I'd encounter things (fair and foul) that would be worthy of documentation. One of such things has created in me an uncontrollably drive which has forced me to commit my pen to paper.

The NYSC camp in Afikpo, Ebonyi State may not be the best total institution in the world but the lessons I learnt in the camp were priceless. The psyche of the NYSC programme presented a regimented life which involved physical drills, skill acquisition, national orientation, patriotism and self-reliance. Mixed feelings trailled my departure from the camp to a destination which my posting letter revealed to be Okposi in Ohaozara Local government. The road which linked Afikpo town to Ohaozara must not be travelled by a truck conveying crates of eggs because of the unmotorable state of the road. The desolate state of the hamlets along the road painted a vivid picture of rurality, or rather, it supported the disorted NYSC acronym which has it as "Now Your Suffering Continues". The fact that my suffering has continued was alarmed by two female corps members who wept helplessly in the vehicle. The ladies were crying because like every corps members posted to Ohaozara local government, they have been stripped off their modernity as well as their urbanized way of life.

We arrived Okposi few hours after midday. The town seemed to be the most developed region in Ohaozara local government. The town has motor parks, restaurants, a hotel, a police station, churches, markets, petrol stations among others. The roads within the town were motorable, the people were Igbo speaking and quite industrious. The villagers were hospitable to corps members and the females were readily available to meet the sexual needs of male corps members. One thing fascinated me about the social life of the Okposi people in Ohaozara local government. The fascination arose from their reverance of green snakes in private and public places.

It is highly forbidden to kill green snakes in Okposi while it is forbidden to kill any species of snakes in some other parts of Ebonyi State. The green snakes of Okposi must not be killed given any circumstances. The reason being that, green snakes were worshipped by the ancestors of the land. Green snakes could be seen as frequently as Lizards are seen in South-Western Nigeria. Green snakes creep into rooms, churches, car parks, compounds etc and they are not killed. A stranger is mandated to conduct a burial ceremony if he or she intentionally or unintentionally kills a green snake. This queer custom of the Okposi people has invalidated my initial view that snakes were wild animals. A senior corps member narrated the story of how a green snake crept into his church during a certain sunday service and how the snake was only pampered out of the church auditorium.

The hospitality shown to green snakes in Okposi has advanced the sociological views that what is "wild" or "domestic" is cuturally determined. Before you start labelling the custom of the Okposi people as barbaric and archaic, think about the unusualiness in your own society, think about the fooliness of some of your own beliefs. Indeed, the way of life of a people vary from one geographical area to the other. I would have loved to continue my ethnographic writings but I've to feed the green snakes approaching my reading tab
le now.

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u write wel. i rly aprc8 ur skil. kp it up

I have a question to ask. What will happen to one who secretly kills any of those untouchable snakes and other animals that are forbidden to be killed in some places?

daddyiel: what is OP?

Original Poster, I presume...
Stand to be corrected.
But I'm right anyway.

ritux: I have a question to ask. What will happen to one who secretly kills any of those untouchable snakes and other animals that are forbidden to be killed in some places?

You will be forced to marry the chief priest of their village shrine. Sounds good?

Only 20% of snakes are poisonous...wait ooo make anyone no ask me source ooo I might have read it somewhere jare...I can't remember

ritux: I have a question to ask. What will happen to one who secretly kills any of those untouchable snakes and other animals that are forbidden to be killed in some places?

D tin go dey chase u for dream with cane,till u confess and do d needful

Cityofdavid: When my NYSC call up letter requested me to report at Ebonyi state, I leaped for joy because I wasn't posted to the North where the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents were rampant. I once thought that the only thing worthy of dread was the Boko Haram sect, but it has occurred to me that Boko Haram is just one of the many unsualiness in parts of Nigeria. The most memorable moment during my odyssey to Ebonyi state from Lagos was the point when my vehicle crossed the river Niger which borders Delta State and Anambra State. The memories of Chinua Achebe's novel "Chike and the River" nostagically swept accross my mind like erosion on Benin roads. I recalled how the adventurous Chike crossed the Niger and providentially emerged a hero following his effort in helping the police to nab the leader of a notorious gang of robbers. But unlike Chike who crossed the Niger out of cheer curiousity, I crossed the river Niger for the first time in the quest of serving my fatherland. While on the Niger bridge, it became instinctive that I'd encounter things (fair and foul) that would be worthy of documentation. One of such things has created in me an uncontrollably drive which has forced me to commit my pen to paper.

The NYSC camp in Afikpo, Ebonyi State may not be the best total institution in the world but the lessons I learnt in the camp were priceless. The psyche of the NYSC programme presented a regimented life which involved physical drills, skill acquisition, national orientation, patriotism and self-reliance. Mixed feelings trailled my departure from the camp to a destination which my posting letter revealed to be Okposi in Ohaozara Local government. The road which linked Afikpo town to Ohaozara must not be travelled by a truck conveying crates of eggs because of the unmotorable state of the road. The desolate state of the hamlets along the road painted a vivid picture of rurality, or rather, it supported the disorted NYSC acronym which has it as "Now Your Suffering Continues". The fact that my suffering has continued was alarmed by two female corps members who wept helplessly in the vehicle. The ladies were crying because like every corps members posted to Ohaozara local government, they have been stripped off their modernity as well as their urbanized way of life.

We arrived Okposi few hours after midday. The town seemed to be the most developed region in Ohaozara local government. The town has motor parks, restaurants, a hotel, a police station, churches, markets, petrol stations among others. The roads within the town were motorable, the people were Igbo speaking and quite industrious. The villagers were hospitable to corps members and the females were readily available to meet the sexual needs of male corps members. One thing fascinated me about the social life of the Okposi people in Ohaozara local government. The fascination arose from their reverance of green snakes in private and public places.

It is highly forbidden to kill green snakes in Okposi while it is forbidden to kill any species of snakes in some other parts of Ebonyi State. The green snakes of Okposi must not be killed given any circumstances. The reason being that, green snakes were worshipped by the ancestors of the land. Green snakes could be seen as frequently as Lizards are seen in South-Western Nigeria. Green snakes creep into rooms, churches, car parks, compounds etc and they are not killed. A stranger is mandated to conduct a burial ceremony if he or she intentionally or unintentionally kills a green snake. This queer custom of the Okposi people has invalidated my initial view that snakes were wild animals. A senior corps member narrated the story of how a green snake crept into his church during a certain sunday service and how the snake was only pampered out of the church auditorium.

The hospitality shown to green snakes in Okposi has advanced the sociological views that what is "wild" or "domestic" is cuturally determined. Before you start labelling the custom of the Okposi people as barbaric and archaic, think about the unusualiness in your own society, think about the fooliness of some of your own beliefs. Indeed, the way of life of a people vary from one geographical area to the other. I would have loved to continue my ethnographic writings but I've to feed the green snakes approaching my reading table now.

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nice writeup.

Wow, this brings back lovely memories of my NYSC days when i served in Ebonyi state. At OP, you are lucky to be serving in the third best areas in Ebonyi state. Despite the rampant appearance of the green snakes that often fall from trees that we sit under when teaching the students, Okposi is a lovely place. I really enjoyed my time at Okposi and thanked God i wasn't posted to some urban area. I bet you will enjoy yourself too but don't get carried away with that don't run from a green snake mentality o, when you see one make sure you run for your Dear life because you can never tell if it is a green Mamba except you will bend down to ask the snake. All in all, just enjoy your stay.

Nightshift: As Perikomo would say " Omenani ndi diri ha"
Omenani ana-ese okwu eh?
Omenani ana-ese okwu eh? Ya mere ihe ndi ji buru ndi ha
Anyi ebinigo, na chi asala, ekere mgba n'aha----
Umu okorobia jiri ososo gbata..... orugo ka o na eru

Vintage Perikomo and his Arondizuogu Traditional Dance Group
" Nyikaigbudu" by title

I bu onye Izuogu?

ritux: I have a question to ask. What will happen to one who secretly kills any of those untouchable snakes and other animals that are forbidden to be killed in some places?

You will turn into a snake with seven heads.

Pyrrho:
Original Poster, I presume...
Stand to be corrected.
But I'm right anyway.

Thanks

collins.123:
*hisses on thread and continues sipping alomo + black label & 2 packs of Target cigarettes and waiting for mama oyoyo to finish my catfish pepper soup while playing ludo.

On to the next one

guy no vex abeg. Who supplies you with Alomo? The 30 litre that I bought yesterday is about to finish, besides, I can see the effect of your own.

Nightshift: You will be forced to marry the chief priest of their village shrine. Sounds good?

Una badoo

Nightshift: You will be forced to marry the chief priest of their village shrine. Sounds good?

tjskii:


D tin go dey chase u for dream with cane,till u confess and do d needful

jmoore:

You will turn into a snake with seven heads.

Menh u guyz are cracking me up tonight. Lol