Many will call it stupidity, but I call it pride, the continues practice of culture brings out the heritage and oneness of a place cause, it's that point the people can come together in unity and in one voice.

19 Virgins Get Ticket (FREEDOM TO BRING HOME THEIR SUITORS) As Yearly Ancient IRIA Festival Holds in Okrika, Rivers State, Nigeria!

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Only girls

What about the boys

Nonsense tradition.

There used to be something like this in some parts of igboland.
I don't know if its all igboland anyway.
Heard that once you start budding, your family will take you to a special house where u will undergo some training on womanhood. Once you see your first menses, you will walk naked kind of to the village square and It's a big occasion for the family. After that, suitors can now officially come for your hand in marriage.
So happy, it was abolished.
What nonsense.

;Due to the the graphic content, I hereby decline to comment.

What about virgin Boyz? The way we Africans put to much energy on how to train the girl child on marriage and nothing else is the Genesis of all these greedy slay mama's which leads to most of them been victims of yahoo yahoo (not saying all greedy girls are victims though) and also the disunity amongst women.

Nice painting by the way.

How often is this festival held? We've seen it thrice this year already...

Chai