To honour the demise of one of the
greatest traditional ruler of all time, the
Oba of Benin, Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku
Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, the males
in the Benin city have begun to shave
their head.


One of the important cultural element of
the Benin Kingdom is what is known as
the "Breaking of White chalk". This
tradition is done to officially announce
the demise of the king in Benin
kingdom, which is then followed by the
closure of markets in all 7 local
government areas in the Benin
metropolis; there shall be no form of
transactional activities in the Markets.


According to Punch, the benin sons have
started to comply with this tradition of
head shaving, it was reported that a
barber has recorded a 50 per cent
increase in the number of customer
coming to shave their head, he also said
it is less difficult because the hairstyle
does not require any speciality since it is
just a clean shave.


According to an interview, a resident Mr
John Ehanire described the act as a
privilege for all benin sons;
"I shaved my head to show respect for
my late king. It is a rare privilege for us
because it happens once in a long time"
he said.


This implies that all Benin sons should
hit the barber's shop for their clean
shave, this is going to be interesting, I'll
love to all those benin boys shave their
head and how i wish it also inculdes the
females also.


The great king will denifetely be missed
by his people.

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naijaboiy:
Well I didn't shave my hair.

well you should, cos that the culture

naijaboiy:
Well I didn't shave my hair.

You go fit sef?