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A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by hotteju(f): 9:40pm On Jul 25, 2009
If you are planning to get married to an Igbo Lady you better fasten your belt very well.

Please thank me for the expo
saw it in the papers this morning!
Good Luck!!


Ego maternity -N- 1,000
Body cream: lux soap; big towel, 1 each
Ego ogo cherem - 50,000
Yams 20 tubers
Snails 20
Okporoko (stockfish) 1 big tray


For the ngwa efere


Yams 40 pieces
Okporoko - 2
Ukwa anu ewu - 2
Morning rose powder - 24
Pomade - 20
Sugar - 10 packets
Ovaltine - 2 big size
Bar soap - 1 carton
Tablet soap - 1 carton
Tin milk - 1 carton
Bread - 24 loaves
Salt - 2 bags
Rice - 1 bag
Tomatoes tin - 1 carton
Red (palm)oil - 1 tin
Groundnut oil - 1 rubber
Kerosene - 1 tin
Maltina drink - 2  cartons
Soft drink - 6 crates
Onions  - 40 bulbs
Ego ala abo -  -N- 10,000
Ego nfotu ite -  -N- 1000
Big basin - 2
Big umbrella - 2
George material - 2 pieces
Hollandis material - 2 pieces
Blouse material - 2 pieces
Head ties - 2
Wrist watch - 1
shoes - 2 pairs
Big box - 1
Lamp - 1
Hand bag - 1
Nigerian wax - 1 piece
Gold necklace and ear ring - 1 piece



MARRIAGE LIST FOR UMUADA


Section A


8 Kola nuts or cost price
8 Gallons of palm wine or cash equivalent
8 heads of tobacco with potash
1 Goat for umunna
2 Crates of minerals
1 Carton of maltina
2 Cartons of star beer
1 Carton of Guinness small stout
8 Packets of Benson and Hedges
2 Bottles of Ground snuff
Lump sum (ogwe ego) - -N- 2,000
2 Bottles of seaman's schnapps


Section B


Kola nuts or cash equivalent
20 Gallons of palm wine or cash equivalent
2 Crates of minerals
2 cartons of maltina
2 cartons of Guinness small stout
10 cartons of star beer
One roll of Benson and Hedges
12 Heads of tobacco with potash
4 bottles of seaman's schnapps
4 bottles of ground snuff
Ego ala ezi -  -N-1,500
Officers money - -N-1,000


SECTION C


32 kola nuts or cost price
30 gallons of palmwine or cost price
2 crates of minerals
2 cartons of maltina
2 cartons of Guinness small stout
10 crates of Star beer
Two rolls of Benson and Hedges
32 Heads of tobacco with potash
4 bottles of seaman's schnapps
Umunna Ahuna Ego
Toasting of wine
1 bottle of seaman's schnapps with 500 naira for Onye Eze (Village chief)
Ego Umuama -N- 1000
Ego mpatu Anya (Jealousy money) -N- 1,200
Ikpo Onu Aku Nwanyi (Bride price) - Negotiable  I bet this bride price would be killer's squad grin grin grin grin grin
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by Hauwa1: 3:27pm On Jul 26, 2009
great cheesy
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by Nobody: 3:34pm On Jul 26, 2009
Bankrupting.

Wetin the spouses go eat after the wedding? undecided
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by ifyalways(f): 7:51pm On Jul 26, 2009
Better soup na Money kill am,Paupers beware  cool
BTW,OP,dat list is still Incomplete,go for updates.
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by Abagworo(m): 7:57pm On Jul 26, 2009
what all these untravelled,unexposed and uncivilzed man worshiping non-igbos fail to realise is that their is no single dialect,dressing and tradition common to all igbos.we ain't like y'all.we are extremely heterogenous,democratic and decentralised.
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by hotteju(f): 9:13pm On Jul 26, 2009
Abagworo:

what all these untravelled,unexposed and uncivilzed man worshiping non-igbos fail to realise is that their is no single dialect,dressing and tradition common to all igbos.we ain't like y'all.we are extremely heterogenous,democratic and decentralised.





ifyalways:

Better soup na Money kill am,Paupers beware  cool
BTW,OP,dat list is still Incomplete,go for updates.

True that!!!
So can you help update the list
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by Hauwa1: 9:37pm On Jul 26, 2009
ifyalways:

Better soup na Money kill am,Paupers beware cool
BTW,OP,dat list is still Incomplete,go for updates.

Nwanem, na true you talk. i like the list. mine will be double. will help my parents edit it sef cheesy
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by bluespice(f): 9:52pm On Jul 26, 2009
lol grin
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by Kunbee: 1:28am On Aug 03, 2009
:d
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by sosisi(f): 1:22am On Aug 04, 2009
The list is actually from 4 years ago
It's been adjusted for inflation, the price has gone up now grin
You can't come and marry us empty handed
Igbo girls are not cheap.
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by sosisi(f): 1:26am On Aug 04, 2009
ifyalways:

Better soup na Money kill am,Paupers beware cool
BTW,OP[b],dat list is still Incomplete,go for updates.[/b]


Thank you!
ego list is not even there sef
The money to collect the list
If they have a problem,let them go to cheaper girls grin
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by AloyEmeka8: 3:07am On Aug 04, 2009
Tribalism is one disease that can blind you more than diabetes. Marrying in igboland is this expensive and igbo okada riders, agberos and teachers paid for an igbo wife. From where did they get the money?
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by sosisi(f): 3:11am On Aug 04, 2009
Aloy_Emeka:

Tribalism is one disease that can blind you more than diabetes. Marrying in igboland is this expensive and igbo okada riders, agberos and teachers paid for an igbo wife. From where did they get the money?

The poster is a pretty girl but why does she have toilet roll sticking out of her butt in that picture?
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by nature262(m): 9:19am On Aug 04, 2009
Bread, maltina, sugar, milk,cigarates, snails etc lol. "long throats"cant they ask for somtin more meaningful

cheap girls no cheap girls igbo ladies worth is in their bride price grin
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by hotteju(f): 2:37pm On Aug 04, 2009
My fellow brothers you have heard ooo
Make una work hard if you want better thing grin grin
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by matiltomd(f): 2:23pm On Aug 09, 2009
Big umbrella - 2,

For Phone Call Centers for the bride's siblings i guess, grin grin grin grin grin
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by showbobo(m): 5:18am On Sep 01, 2009
Make them hold their daughter abeg. . . . No be by force but anything wey go make me meet up such exorbitant demand,na anything wey i like i fit do with their pikin undecided
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by africhika(f): 3:45am On Sep 10, 2009
quote from $osisi: 
« #9 on: August 04, 2009, 01:22 AM »

The list is actually from 4 years ago
It's been adjusted for inflation, the price has gone up now Grin
You can't come and marry us empty handed
Igbo girls are not cheap.


amen, amen! blessings and glory
and my papa has 4 of us gals!  cool
Re: A Typical Traditional Marriage List In Igboland (expo) by RichyBlacK(m): 10:30am On Sep 10, 2009
Absolute rubbish!!!

Aloy_Emeka:

Tribalism is one disease that can blind you more than diabetes. Marrying in igboland is this expensive and igbo okada riders, agberos and teachers paid for an igbo wife. From where did they get the money?

Thank you!

Did all those wheelbarrow pushers in Onitsha, okada men in Aba and Obiomas in Lagos that are married to educated and pretty Igbo women, steal their wives? Where did they get the money to buy all those stuff?

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