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| Ézè Ǹrì Ènweleána II gọziri ogbè ndi Igbò na Virginia | Eze Nri Ènweleána in VA by ezeagu(m): 2:09am On Aug 09, 2011 |
A royal blessing for the Frontier Museum's Igbo Village STAUNTON, Va. -- Saturday offered a perfect culmination to the labor on the Frontier Culture Museum’s Igbo Farm Village. Constructing the exhibit took five years and meant crossing continents to replicate a critical 1700s link to the history of blacks in the Shenandoah Valley and in Virginia. The work was finished a year ago. So it was only fitting that on Saturday evening that the Igbo Farm Village received a sacred blessing from the leader of Nri, part of the Igbo nation in Africa. His Royal Highness Eze Nri Ènweleána II blessed the year-old exhibit with rituals of his culture. The Eze Nri offered a white chalk that all participants in the ceremony touched. He blessed the village with a staff of authority made of African mahogany. He also left reminders of the Igbo culture that will remain at the village. They include a red hat with eagle feathers that signify a traditional man, and beads that a traditional man wears. Fiber made in Nri was left, too. The pain of the Igbo nation’s past also was never far away from Saturday’s ceremony. A large percentage of Virginia’s slaves came to this country from the Igbo nation, according to Douglas Chambers, a University of Southern Mississippi historian who consulted on the Igbo village and helped officiate Saturday. [center][img]http://www2.newsvirginian.com/mgmedia/image/294/0/164881/african-kin/[/img][/center] The Eze Nri said the wounds that slavery caused his people haven’t fully healed. “It deprived us of brothers and sisters and population,” he said. “We still mourn it.” He said modern Igbo housing is characterized by a slight variation from the museum’s village that includes clay and sand buildings with thatched roofs. “Now people use bricks and blocks,” he said. Chambers said Nri is a place symbolized by peace and compassion. And the Eze Nri spoke of how “we do not kill people, we do not go to war.” He also said Igbos depend heavily on the production of yams. Frontier Culture Museum Director John Avoli thanked the Eze Nri for the visit and the blessing he offered. He seemed overwhelmed by the day’s events when asked for his reaction. “This is fantastic,” he said. “What an experience.” Avoli has said before that the Igbo Farm Village is vital to the museum. He said a West African farm was needed because the museum already had paid tribute to the heritage of other Shenandoah Valley settlers, including the Germans, the Scots-Irish and the British. http://www2.newsvirginian.com/news/2011/jul/31/royal-blessing-frontier-museums-igbo-village-ar-1208282/ *Okwu na okà-free thread, biko. |
| Re: Ézè Ǹrì Ènweleána II gọziri ogbè ndi Igbò na Virginia | Eze Nri Ènweleána in VA by ezeagu(m): 2:22am On Aug 09, 2011 |
Onyinyo ndi nke ozo | More Pictures Igbo Village - and beyond - gets a blessing STAUNTON — The drizzling skies finally cleared when the Eze Nri — the king of Nri in Nigeria — began his blessing at the Frontier Culture Museum's Igbo Farm Village. Seated on his low, wooden stool, Eze Nri Ènweleána II spoke softly of peace and compassion; of Igbo people seized from their homes and taken into slavery, of his people who had resisted, of their 1,000-year-old culture. "Today I am here. The spirit of our ancestors are here. The spirits of those who were dragged here by force are here and I am appealing to them to grant us peace," he told a crowd of about 50. With that, he broke off a small piece of chalk — nzu — he'd carried with him from Nri, crumbled it between his fingers and let it fall gently to the red clay, still damp from the late afternoon rain. He prayed to those ancestors. "I am asking them to bless us, to bless this museum, for the sake of history," he explained, before passing the chalk for all to touch. For the Igbo people, chalk is a connector between the spiritual world and the earth — and sprinkling it on the ground is a powerful invocation, Douglas D. Chambers, a University of Southern Mississippi historian who worked closely with the museum to establish the Igbo village, said after the ceremony. "It's all about the Earth," he said. The chalk passed round, then Eze Nri then prayed again. Seven invocations, seven taps of his staff on the ground. "Iseh" — amen — the Igbos in the crowd chanted, each time; guests from Staunton soon chimed in as well. "I am praying for peace, for your families, that you suffer no evil," the Eze Nri explained. He serves as the high priest of Nri, and as custodian of his people's culture, he said later. It was moving, he said, to see traditional adobe and thatch buildings in Staunton. Back in Nigeria, more and more people build with brick and block. The village will become a shrine for Igbo in America, he said. But it matters, too, to Igbo back in Nigeria. "It is bringing the past back for the future," he said. http://www.newsleader.com/article/20110731/NEWS01/107310335/Igbo-Village-beyond-gets-blessing?odyssey=topicpage |
| Re: Ézè Ǹrì Ènweleána II gọziri ogbè ndi Igbò na Virginia | Eze Nri Ènweleána in VA by ezeagu(m): 2:24am On Aug 09, 2011 |
[center][img]http://cmsimg.newsleader.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=AA&Date=20110730&Category=PHOTOGALLERIES&ArtNo=107300802&Ref=PH&Item=1&Maxw=640&Maxh=410&q=60[/img] [img]http://cmsimg.newsleader.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=AA&Date=20110730&Category=PHOTOGALLERIES&ArtNo=107300802&Ref=PH&Item=4&Maxw=640&Maxh=410&q=60[/img] [img]http://cmsimg.newsleader.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=AA&Date=20110730&Category=PHOTOGALLERIES&ArtNo=107300802&Ref=PH&Item=11&Maxw=640&Maxh=410&q=60[/img] [img]http://cmsimg.newsleader.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=AA&Date=20110730&Category=PHOTOGALLERIES&ArtNo=107300802&Ref=PH&Item=12&Maxw=640&Maxh=410&q=60[/img] [img]http://cmsimg.newsleader.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Site=AA&Date=20110730&Category=PHOTOGALLERIES&ArtNo=107300802&Ref=PH&Item=15&Maxw=640&Maxh=410&q=60[/img][/center] |
| Re: Ézè Ǹrì Ènweleána II gọziri ogbè ndi Igbò na Virginia | Eze Nri Ènweleána in VA by Chyz2: 3:11am On Aug 09, 2011 |
Nice!!!  |
| Re: Ézè Ǹrì Ènweleána II gọziri ogbè ndi Igbò na Virginia | Eze Nri Ènweleána in VA by Nobody: 3:17am On Aug 09, 2011 |
“It deprived us of brothers and sisters and population,” he said. “We still mourn it.” Igbos sold their ppl to slavery. For those who are historically declined. |
| Re: Ézè Ǹrì Ènweleána II gọziri ogbè ndi Igbò na Virginia | Eze Nri Ènweleána in VA by Freewilly(f): 3:30am On Aug 09, 2011 |
Lovely pictures, I'm always so jealous of Igbo outfits. They men look so dignified in their outfits  |
| Re: Ézè Ǹrì Ènweleána II gọziri ogbè ndi Igbò na Virginia | Eze Nri Ènweleána in VA by ChinenyeN(m): 3:39am On Aug 09, 2011 |
 See oyibo with red cap and isi agu. |
| Re: Ézè Ǹrì Ènweleána II gọziri ogbè ndi Igbò na Virginia | Eze Nri Ènweleána in VA by ezeagu(m): 4:02am On Aug 09, 2011 |
That's Douglas Chambers. He was key in the creation of this village and he's also the first foreigner to be titled at Nri. |
| Re: Ézè Ǹrì Ènweleána II gọziri ogbè ndi Igbò na Virginia | Eze Nri Ènweleána in VA by ak47mann(m): 12:12pm On Aug 10, 2011 |
that is nice i must say  |
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