Where this tradition of the left hand start from? When you give or receive something from people with left hand they see it as an insult, is it an igbo thing or an african tradition? When will it end? I don't really care with hand u use to give as long as ur giving me money. I still have experiences where I buy stuff from people and give them money with left and they frown at it, does left hand devalue the money or what? Please let me have your opinion on this tradition.

nice one there!!!

but even the Bible condemns the "LEFT" (remember the story of the two thieves and Jesus?)
as for the origin, i really can say but it will be interesting to know where it started from!!!!

Lol, so because the unrepentant theif was on the left means the bible condemns the left ?

The left is always typically associated with negativity, so what do you expect

Are you saying that those that are left handed are negative? I mean those who naturaly use left hand to do major stuff like writing and eating etc.

This is just one of the complex behaviours of humans. We stigmatize d left hand because we use to wipe our behind & pick up dirty stuff. But seriously germs can be on both hands, they dont discriminate. Left or right i dont mind though.

Very funny! Well the other person said the bible condemns left another says left is known for negativity, now someone says we use left to wipe behind, lol pls oo I don't use left to wiPe my behind I use right.

There is no such thing as an African tradition. Each group comes up with its own tradition. For the yoruba because we eat with our hands it was important to designate one hand for eating and a different one to tamba. Sure u wash ur hand but there is still a gross out factor. Hence the left hand got stigmatized along the way. No big whoop.

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No, left handed people are expected to follow d rules and use their left to wipe yansh.

That's besides the point. It's a honor system. Especially as a left handed person has to eat with his right hand in public and traditionally we hardly ever ate alone. They would hope u wouldn't want to use the same hand u use to wipe. Doesn't mean everyone cares.

Truer words have never been spoken.