The Ebira people are outspoken and very hard working. Farming and cloth-weaving are the occupations Ebiras are known for. The Ebira (igbira) people speak Egbira, a Nupoid language belonging to the larger Niger-Congo language phylum.

Egbira is spoken by about 2 million people in Nigeria especially in Kogi State. Many Ebira people are from Kogi State, but some can be found in Kwara State, Nasarawa State, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Edo State.

Okene is said to be the administrative center of the Ebira-speaking people in Kogi state. Ebira (Igbira) people uphold their traditions. Unique features of their culture can be appreciated most in the event of traditional marriages.

In Ebira tradition, a man cannot walk to the parents of the lady he intended to marry to disclose his intentions; his parents or elders mostly the women do this by going to the lady’s parents to introduce themselves and also to inform them of their reason for coming to the house.

Ebira traditional marriage custom continue here