Sybellah: Nice thread! I like the Ijaws' culture, it looks rich
by the way, are these kente clothes on their head?

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not really sure. .we call it a different name in Ijaw, not sure of the name

ijaw_girl: not really sure. .we call it a different name in Ijaw, not sure of the name

Ijaws call it Akara or Ashitee

newchem:

Ijaws call it Akara or Ashitee

it's striking how Ankara and kente look a like. Do u know if there is a possible connection between the two?

tpia5: These names are a bit over the top nah?

I mean, i`m just saying.

Unless the people bearing them are of european descent.

And what happened to the regular ijaw names- i mean those long ones which are a bit difficult to pronounce.

Anyway, let's not derail the thread.

The Ijaws adopted European sounding names...to make trade with the Europeans easier...imagine a Briton trying to say a long ijaw name.

ijawgirl:

Adorable!

OP you did well though there are more befiting Ijaw Attires that you should have included. Well done all the same.

#Proudly Ijaw

newchem:

Ijaws call it Akara or Ashitee

Akara or Ashitee? Whch Ijaw clan exactly? In Okrika we call it Njiri(injiri)

FBI....#FULL BLOODED IJAW

OneNaira6:


Cross River consist of Ibibio, Efik, Annang, Igbo, etc with Efik being the majority.  Traditional attires tend to be interchangeable among SE and SS region.  I saw hats I assumed was just an Igbo man dress style because its the type of hat worn exclusively among my community but I just learned otherwise.

Beads on the other hand is very common among Nigerian southern groups but the heavy neck beads is exclusive to River groups.  I'm not sure if the heavy bead is just an Ijaw dress style or an all rivers group dress style due to the fact I know a Rivers Igbo woman married to an Edo man and she was dressed in similar attire during her traditional wedding and another river igbo woman dressed the same way during her traditional wedding which Ijaw girl posted here. 

Get your facts right, Cross Rivers has no Igbo as part of what it constitute.

NRIPRIEST:
Ole girl, hate who ? What will make me to hate on Ijaw ppl ?
When I peruse through these your pictures I get an idea of people who are trying so hard to create a culture that never existed and thats why you see them throwing anything onto their body just so they can look culturally savvy and not having the moderation to know when to cease!!
I mean to ask if these ppl are nuts?? You wear so much stuff on your body and dont know when you start looking feminine. . . The issue is not the material but how it was sew and how much is suppose to be worn.
MODIFICATION IS THE ANSWER!!!

hate is bad

NRIPRIEST:
Ole girl, hate who ? What will make me to hate on Ijaw ppl ?
When I peruse through these your pictures I get an idea of people who are trying so hard to create a culture that never existed and thats why you see them throwing anything onto their body just so they can look culturally savvy and not having the moderation to know when to cease!!
I mean to ask if these ppl are nuts?? You wear so much stuff on your body and dont know when you start looking feminine. . . The issue is not the material but how it was sew and how much is suppose to be worn.
MODIFICATION IS THE ANSWER!!!

Well we dont need to dress just like you, we are proud of what we have, its our native dressing period. we dont need your endorsement.

I want to learn this kind of atmosphere! Teach me.