rozzay: Mine was wen I travelled to somewere in d east(won't mention) wearing shorts is normal here in lag nd I wasn't told dat its a taboo dere. Hehehehehehe u nid to c how I was beaten I don't want to state d detasils. Till date I can't near dere. Tho d elders apologised to me nd my friend who was an indigene but d ordeal still scares me sanytime I rem

lalasticlala:


hahahahahahaha

noooooo!!!!!!

just that in the Eastern part of Nigeria, they don't do it that way, they use tissue

oluamid: My culture shock was during my service year in Nasarawa state ( I taught). During one of my classes, I asked a JSS2 female student of about 12-13 years what she will like to be in future and her response was:

"I want to get married".

To say that I was shocked that day would be an understatement. My jaw was literally on the floor. Lol. It turned out that girls marry early in the state (esp the muslim population), because 90 percent of the girls in that class got married before I left including the girl I just talked about.

Another culture shock was seeing girls as young as 2 years and above in Lafia applying heavy makeup.

Another would be the amount of yams you can get for as low as #500 around september and october. Yams that you won't get for less than #3000 in Lagos at any period is what goes for around #500 during that period.

Another culture shock would be getting to know that there's no indigenous Hausa person from Nasarawa state though the widely spoken language in the state is Hausa (Hausa is the lingua franca).

Damn, I love that state. Serene, friendly and peace loving people. Its my adopted state of origin.

emenik08: Plz is it through dat core yoruba pple dnt use toilet tissue rather they use water for cleaning up afta toilet
Plz if true why?

oluamid:

The correct thing to say would have been "some yoruba girls". Except you've met all Yoruba girls - which I doubt -, your post could be easily misinterpreted as tribalist.

lalasticlala:
* The one I experienced today as I travelled from East to North, we got to outskirt of Kaduna, I saw one guy bend down, I was wondering what he was doing , I felt he was defecating, but I was wrong, he was urinating bending down like women. I saw another boy do same. I called my would be host to narrate what I saw and I was told it's their way. I have never seen such before. It was a culture shock to me.

* In Nembe, Bayelsa, during my NYSC, they don't kill snakes, snakes used to litter around. We even saw one at the copers' lodge where we used to fetch water. And the snakes were quite big and shiny.

* Another one was my cousins that lived in the Northern part of Nigeria before they relocated to Cotonou, when I visited them, I noticed they don't use tissue to wipe their ass after defecating. They rather use water. It was shocking to me. Even my coper room mate then from Benue state also did that and my Yoruba roommate.

* Lastly, Once I was coming back from Cotonou few years back, I saw something like sacrificial food items along the road at Badagry area. I was like, so such things still exist?

PAGAN9JA:

That is because in islam, it is sunnah to sit down and urinate. However, I realised it does make a bit sense because sitting down and urinating releases more/alost all the urine.

Though I personally dont do it all the time. Im not even muslim.




That is because the spirits of the snakes are considered sacred there.






Thats very clean of them. You use toilet paper? That is disgusting. plz be hygenic and dont leave shyt stuck up your backside.




Nigeria has a sizeable Traditionalist /Pagan population, especially Yorubas (nearly 10-40 %) by my estimates. Including me (not Yoruba though).

So dont be surprised. You will be one too. Soon.

hugelyendowed: Mod front page things o i have experienced cultural shok b4. in akwa ibom, if u r up to 20 years or more as a girl and u neva born, they wil b laughing at u

Kimmo: People and their nasty comments ehn. . . If you don't think this is a good thread, simply move on! Abi ewo ni iranu gaan?!

Anyways, mine was in Ilorin - there were several unusual stuff they took as the norm.

1. The rate they eat wara (dried milk or cheese, something like that)
Mehn, they fry, eat raw, cook, put am inside stew like meat, garnish with pepper like suya and I keep wondering what the attraction is.

Hard working women - they sell meat in the market! That one was shocking. And they had incredibly lazy men who got them pregnant every few months.

The way they respect their husbands no be small, unlike Lagos wives wey deir eye open wella.

It isn't unusual to find one smallie 25 year old boy controlling two women in his house, of which, e fit no get work oh!
One of the house officers in the hospital I served in had two wives and was working on a third, for God's sake!

onuwaje:
Bayelsa
A friend of mine from nembe told me that a stranger does not and is not allowed to ask for pillow because it will tuurn to a snake

cirmuell: what is it to you? We shouldn't copy ewery thing the west throw at us. Before the advent of tissue, what were you using to clean ur butt, leafs?

Kimmo: People and their nasty comments ehn. . . If you don't think this is a good thread, simply move on! Abi ewo ni iranu gaan?!

Anyways, mine was in Ilorin - there were several unusual stuff they took as the norm.

1. The rate they eat wara (dried milk or cheese, something like that)
Mehn, they fry, eat raw, cook, put am inside stew like meat, garnish with pepper like suya and I keep wondering what the attraction is.

Hard working women - they sell meat in the market! That one was shocking. And they had incredibly lazy men who got them pregnant every few months.

The way they respect their husbands no be small, unlike Lagos wives wey deir eye open wella.

It isn't unusual to find one smallie 25 year old boy controlling two women in his house, of which, e fit no get work oh!
One of the house officers in the hospital I served in had two wives and was working on a third, for God's sake!

todayguest: My shock most times are the tribal marks on some peoples face. One would begin to imagine, the designs patterns, the mean artist, the size of scar, heartless parents, loss of blood, pains and cries of the hapless child. And how it had disfigured some pretty faces.

emenik08:
In d university my roomate dat grew up in d west always overcook beans until its nearly water n den he will mix wit dry garri and eat. That kind food nawaooo
A next door neighbour in skul dat is from benue came back one dat wit dried frog n co. n used it to cook yam porridge. Since dat day, nobdy in dat room near dat guy pot. Even d cup n plate he used to drink water after eatin d food became a no go area (untouchable).
One day i saw a female yoruba corper mashing beans wit broomstick. Mehn i nearly vomit n wen she invitd me to taste n food, i turnd okagbare.

emenik08: Plz is it through dat core yoruba pple dnt use toilet tissue rather they use water for cleaning up afta toilet
Plz if true why?

emenik08:
Na leaves like cassava leaves. What puzzles me is the idea using d same hand to clean our bom bom n same hand to eat

yinkuscious: The culture shock I experienced was Ijare, Ondo state, when they are doing there festival... I saw everybody beating themselves with a thick nd long cane. They call it 'jopa' (take cane). The most surprising thing was that even the old men were beaten by the young guys. Even there king also came around to the village square to jopa... Nobody was excluded. Flogging themselves mercilessly.. Na God save me that day

oluamid:

Another culture shock would be getting to know that there's no indigenous Hausa person from Nasarawa state though the widely spoken language in the state is Hausa (Hausa is the lingua franca).

Damn, I love that state. Serene, friendly and peace loving people. Its my adopted state of origin.

YoungDaNaval: Jeeez!. Asin After She's Married or Still Single??

prettiest1: It's not true.

rahazaqa: It was January this year in Anambra when I heard a woman beside our room negotiating baby selling with someone on phone. And according to what I heard,they said that is normal among the Igbos!