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PhysicsQED, I dont knw how credible is that ur story about Eze Nri sacrificing his son to God for a good harvest!! Where did u get that from and when did it happen ?
Did you know that in Benin people have to close their businesses and schedule prayer meetings just because the Benin Ogboni society is planning a parade!!! Thats why I call it DEMONI!! These is usually a bad time for the residents. . . You dont wanna encounter these Occultic men and women in the way. . . The sight of them alone will scare the holy s. .h. .i. .t  out of you!! They are violent,barbaric,fetish,full of voodoo and charms,just scary!! Same with their yoruba counterpart in yoruba land. . . And physics its really interesting to know that Ogboni Occultic society was established for the purpose of putting the kings power in check!!! I have always said that the only people that claim Benin root are only those who has heard about the past story but dont really understand their cultures and tradition which I termed as "Barbaric"!! In everything they do there is always a need for them to brandish voodoo everywhere and thats why most Igbos in Benin doesnt attend their festivals!!
Personally I think Benin has a great history but a very uninviting traditions!!

Nice pictures!!! I will like to know more about the Aros and their culture. . . I can see they dont have the tradition of the Ozo red Hat. Odumchi,what does "odo" or "ozo" mean in your dialect. I am thinking it means another. Again,do you have "OZO" chieftaincy title in Aro ?

Ify,in most Idemmili towns people generally greet women with Odu title " Iyom Ego" , "Iyom Aku" or just " Iyom".
In Idemmili the Ozo rites takes about two meetings to complete,the final phase is called "ISA ILE" (purification of oneself my the ISI OZOs). . . Ify,as you know it takes a lot of money to achieve this, hence it some people years to complete their rites. Ozo title in Idemmili loosely signifies wealth and respect. . . The Igba Odu as u also know can take a fortune to achieve that most older women in Idemmile got the title from their husband,mother,father and children. There is "Odu aka"(the hand title) and "Odu ukwu"(leg title) and you must do the "Odu aka" taking first before the "Odu ukwu" (which is the most expensive of both),or you can even take both but its a lot of douh!!!
Even there is another group of Ozo in Umuoji that permits you to wear some kind of traditional ankle braces even the Nwanyi Odus wear them too.
Ify,ebe obu na nde nne gi chili gi ODU mgbe idi na umuaka kam jiluzia oge wee tue gi oke afa I chili, IGWE NWANYI NNE BU NDU!!
Ify, onye ebee ka ibu di ?
Ify, the problem we have with this glamorous heritage is that youths of today dont fancy it like in the past!!

Odumchi, I wasnt allowed to drink palm wine but my grand father has always offered me some. .lol The Ozo traditions doesnt allow you to wear the red hat until you completes all segments which takes about to phase of the rites. After the introduction rites you are not allowed to wear the red until you have completed the final one. The first phase was performed by my grandfather for us but my dad finished it while I was abroad. I have never wore the red hat but I can go now and buy it and legitimately wear it without being summoned by the ISI OZO's. I hope I making a point here.

Odumchi,maybe you should write your words in english or in Igbo IZUGBE so I can understand your confusion better.

You can give your child OZO title as early as 12yrs and if you look at one of these pictures AK47MANN postec you will see some boys of about 15 yrs old or more wearing the OZO red hat and they wouldnt be wearing those hat if they havent completed their OZO rites. At least not in Idemmili!!
I hope this solves your problem.

Ifyalways, daalu IYOM EGO. I love the Igbo culture and I fiercely defend it and thats why I want Igbos to accept their identity and stop linking themselves to a DEMONIC CULTURE of the BENIN. Even the so called BENIN culture couldnt be more appealing to OURS,yet you kept hearing people saying "we came from BENIN"!! I bet you, if you trully know the BENIN traditions and how its celebrated you will not want anything to do with them,and you will also find out that their influence on you is very faint.
The OGBONI cult originated from there and its only BENIN and YORUBA people that practice that DEMONIC!! I seriously wish they(ezechima decendants)had picked up that OGBONI BARBARIC traditions and didnt have the beautiful OZO HERITAGE that gives them so much pride,gallant and valor yet they open there mouth to distance themselves when its cconvenient for them.
This is where I sheathe my sword but before I leave I will like those who believe ONITSHA culture was influenced by BENIN to tell me which aspect of ONITSHA culture that reflects BENIN influence and I OZO DI ALOR will tell you how its not BENIN. The BENIN has a very barbaric,fetish,scary and uninviting just like the YORUBA'S.

Ifyalways, this is why I said the whole OZO title including AGBALANZE tiltle originated from NRI and its offspring. . . Onitsha people claims they came from the BENIN KINGDOM. . .and from what I know about the BENIN cultures and traditions because I briefly went to high school there. . . The BENIN dont have OZO title taking,AGBALANZE title,IGBA ODU,OFALA FESTIVAL nor IGO OJI. . . So, how ca ONITSHA people who supposedly settled in idemmili land in the 18th century could have gotten the culture that that wasnt theirs but exited almost a thousand years before their arrival Why didnt ONITSHA people kept their great BENIN culture ?? You like to milk a cow but u dont wanna feed it!!! Like I said earlier, ONITSHA people were never BENIN people but they CLAIM it because of their INSECURITIES!! Yet, when I look at them in this pictures and see how they are brandishing the cultures of the people they refer to as "nwa onye Igbo",without FEAR I look at them and smile MAJESTICALLY!!!Now who is your daddy Where the phuck is your BENIN culture ? Shameless goats denounce ur Igboness and go pay homage to EREDIUWA and learn their language and you should also stop ur OZO B.U.L.L.Poo!!
No offence to those ONITSHA people who know who they are like AGBOGIDI himself !!

Ifyalways, nwannen OZO AGBALANZE originated from IDEMMILI and yes you can give your children OZO TITLE when they are still young. . . My grand father chibee mu na nwannem nke obele OZO mgbe anyi di na umuaka. . . My OZO title name was "NWADIALOR" and my younger brother "NWANO NA UKPO". . . My grand mother was a"NWANYI ODU" and numerious of my family women. . . My uncle was an "AGBALA NZE". . . I came from an -"ECHICHI" lineage. Ify, NZE is for people who havent concluded their OZO rituals. . .

IGBO BOY, I get what you are saying. . . I am aware that Onitsha people and lots of ANIOMA groups were once part part of BENIN KINGDOM and they had some influence on the ANIOMA Igbos but I am yet to see what part of ONITSHA cultures nor traditions were actually BENIN's own. . . 80% of ANIOMA IGBOs do not have blood relation with the BENINS, contrary to what a lot INSECURE fool from there think!!
Tell me what is so BENIN about the gorgeous culture of NRI IGBO above that depicts BENIN influence ? Do you know that Onitsha and Benin has a title calls IYASERE(benin),IYASELLE(onitsha) and somebody said that it is because they are BENINS thats why they bear such name!!!!
But do you also know that the same IYASELLE was also a title name in UMUOJI(idemmili) where I came from. . . I guess we stole the BENIN TITLE FROM ONITSHA AND THEIR BENIN FATHERS!!!! Wonders shall never end!!! This people make me SICK!!!

As for that deluded NGWA fool, I will haunt him until he denounces his IGBONESS like his IKWERRE gullible neighbors!!! We dont need anybody you have to cajole to agree he is actually IGBO!!! I trully believe NGWAS arent Igbos and so will I regard any group that so much as ask a little question about their Igboness!!! Am very sick of all these savages bringing stain to the great NRI KINGDOM that is the custodian of Igbo culture and tradition.

EZEAGU,i do understand what you mean. . .no Igbo culture is greater than the other. . . The most recognized and glamourous Igbo cultures and traditions like ICHI OZO,ICHI IYOM(the women aspect of the ozo),IKPU ALU,IGU ARO,IGBA AFA,IGO OJI,OZO AGBALA-NZE(which is indigenious to the idemmilis),ICHI OZO NDI ICHIE,EkE,OYE,AFOR NA NKWOR,IME EGO NA IGBA NKWU NWANYI among others originated from NRI and its DECENDANTS!!

Chinenyen, if you have anything to say, say it dont start ur bull.shit here!!

Odumchi, aghotalum ife I na ekwu,mana obughi onu kam na ako ndi Igbo ndi ozo!! I ma ife ana akpo ekike na ngala NDI NZE NA OZO ? Obulu na ife mu kwulu welu gi iwe biko gbaghalu. Inugo? Mma emero ya ozo. Omenana na ekike ndi Igbo nine dikwa mu mma nke ukwu,mana onye kwulu na nni nne ya sili atoro uto ?

EZEAGU, trully, I havent  been to other part of Igbo land but I know for sure that most of the Igbo cultures and traditions originated from NRI and we still practice it with dignity and pride. However, I will like to know which other part of Igbo land that have a culture that you may think outshines that of Anambra peoples own??

@ak47mann, nwanne I know what u mean and I have encountered a lot like that but they dont like arguing with IDEMMILI people cause we are their closest neighbor and we know everything abt their coming and settling!! Even the land they call Onitsha today previously belonged to IDEMMILIS!!!

Even the Igbo spoken in the ONITSHA,ANAMBRA axis is IDEMMILI IGBO tongue. . .ONITSHA PEOPLE need to stop feeling ashamed of who they are and embrace their lineage. . .its funny when somebody who has taken the OZO title, ODU title,AGBALANZE title and still says they are from BENIN!!! Its so sad and shameful !!!!! I wish they never spoke Igbo like the Igala people of northern Anambra,never have the rich and glamorous OZO title,never had the OTU ODU female chieftaincy tittle,never had the AGBALANZE OZO wealthy title,never had the NDI ICHIES. . . I regret that the ingrates borrowed our IDEMMILI traditions and still deny being IGbos. . .!!

@AK47mann,what do you know about the history and culture of the NRI KINGDOM as it relates to the Idemmili, Onitsha and the Delta north Igbos. . . If you know Onitsha man very well you figure the have low self esteem!!!
They call fellow Igbos "nwa onye Igbo" out of mockery,yet the culture,life style,land and their beautiful attire originated from NRI. . .I wonder why they dropped the BENIN attire and the YORUBA-BENIN demonic OGBONI fraternity and borrowed the ever ellegant Igbo tradition!!
Ifele mewuo onye Onicha obuna silu na fa bu ndi bini!!

Strangest, are u saying that onitsha people were of benin ancenstry ? Or, are you saying they were "part" of the benin kingdom ?
Please,stop deceiving urself. . . The name "ezechima",if I dont know any better I will assume its a benin name.
OBI OF ONITSHA came out and publicly said that ONITSHA people arent benins at all,but they were actually the Igbos that crossed the naija to settle but had to relocate because of the troubles they were encoutering in the benin kingdom. . .please stop claiming people that dont even recognize you!!
Can you even tell me what makes you think that you were once benin people and not Igbos ?
The Ozo title,Agbalanze title,ndi ichies,ofalla and even the ikwa ozu rituals came from NRI KINGDOM. How come the all powerful,proud ezechima people completely lost their most superior BENIN culture and valour and completely picked the peoples culture they call "nwa onye Igbo"?
U lost ur language,ur culture ur identity and everything u allegedly got from ur benin father to the "nwa onye Igbo" If I were an onitsha person I wouldnt open my mouth and say we are from BENIN!

ILEKE IDI,did I hear u say OSUN FESTIVAL ?
OSUN  festival is  the most BARBARIC,UNCIVILIZED,FETISH AND SCARY FESTICAL U CAN WATCH IN NAIJA. . . GO FIGURE,PEOPLE!!
Ileke idi,please dont you ever mention that DEMONIC FESTIVAL here again!!
Apart from Yoruba noisy party there is no other aspect of their culture thats enticing to the eyes. . .is it their OGBONI OCCULTIC SOCIETY parade!!
As somebody already corrected you,indeed,that part of onitsha is the IME OGBE. SO,this aint onitsha metropolis.

I am really proud to see the cultural gallance of my people turning some hateful people insane. . . This tradition originated from the ancient "NRI KINGDOM",but the onitsha people have come to glomourise it. . . It reminds me when we use to attent the "ICHI OZO NA IYOM" ceremony in my hometown UMUOJI in IDEMMILI NORTH. . .Nostalgic indeed!
I think ANAMBRA state has the most attractive and elegant culture in IGBO land.
If you have ever been to OZO title taking of a wealthy person,then u will never know how graceful the Igbo cultures can get,especially ANAMBRA's own! Thats why I tell every ONITSHA man who claims BENIN ancestry to drop all the tradition they borrowed from the most ancient "NRI KINGDOM" and do exactly like the BINI's. I think most of ONITSHA culture originated from the IDEMMILI IGBO axis which was an offshoot of the MOST SACRED NRI KINGDOM!!

Ify nwannem, ife ikwulu bu ezi okwu. Maka na ugwu bu nkwanyelu gi I kwanyelu mu. . . Ndi nile mu ma ana akpo Ifeoma malu mma. . .mana echelum si na obu maka mma fa malu kpatalu umu ntorobia ji achughali fa,nya kpatakwalu fa ji agbanwe nwoke ka ana agbanwe uwe.
Site na ife mu fulu ebea,ogosili na ife mu kwulu eteghi aka ebe eziokwu di!!!
Negodi ka umu Igbo si alusa onwe ha ogu maka Ifeoma!!! Chai!!
Ifeoma, idi three much!! Jisie ike na akpa ha ka OKOCHA!! Hahahaha!!
Mana,ejim na uche na I bu ezi nwada Ndigbo.Infact,onye kpasuo gi iwe ebea gwa ka kupuo ya eze na onu. . .mana Ify,inwelu ike igwam onye ebe ibu ?

LONG LIVE IKEMBA NNEWI !!

LONG LIVE EZE IGBO GBURU-GBURU!!
LONG LIVE TO EVERYONE THAT HAVE IGBO BLOOD RUNNING IN THEIR ARTERY AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO MAKE YOU WEALTHY,INFLUENTIAL,POWERFUL AND PROUD OF BEING THE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH GOD!! MAY THE  GOD OF THE IGBOS ALSO SUBDUE THEIR TREACHEROUS,HATEFUL AND SINFUL NEIRGHBOURS TO YOUR FEET!!!!!!
MAY THE ALMIGHTY CONTINUE TO BE AMONGST THE BLESSED CHILDREN OF THE IGBOS!!
MAY THE GOD OF THE IGBO MAN ANSWER MY HUMBLE PRAYERS!!

Kaduna nzeogwu
Chimamanda ngozi adichie
Chinua achebe
Mbonu ojike
Ikemba nnewi
Chris okigbo
Jaja wachukwu
Osita osadebe
The story of my life triuphants!!!

But that is too many cars for one person. . .does he really need five cars ? Why cant he invest more in the booming economy and make some super dough! ! The music industry is never stable .

I will not dignify that ur silly question with an answer. . .this will be the last time I will reply you on this thread. . .good day nwa onye Ngwa.

Well,look at it this way; ofu osisi adighi eto offiah. . . It will also be a waste of energy and time to make a brainwashed soul like you to come to its natural state. . . quite often u infiltrate comment here that despise the Igbo nation all in ur selfish dream to give credence to ur Ngwa,that it doesnt have.
Since Ngwa people doest have "OSU",let me give u a tip of how it operates;exactly the way every body is treating "YOU"here is how the osu's were handled in those days,except that they lived away from non-osu's.
You can stay here all day and try inculcate  in people through your deceitful antics some kind of unfounded significance of Ngwa. . .but the truth is that Ngwa,just like Onitsha, Ikwerre,Owerri,Asaba,Nsukka,Afikpo and ogoja is but a drop of water in the intimidating ocean of the Igbo race!!!!

Chinenyen,you sounded like a treacherous fool!!
From today, I FORBID u from partaking in anything that has to do with Igbo here on nairaland!!! From today go and open as many "NGWA" thread as you can and stay far the phuck away from anything Igbo, what a recalcitrant Arrow!!
You can be repugnant as well as respectful at the same time by giving respect and honor to somebody whom through a lot of people here on nrlnd has learnt alot about the Igbo nation.
Trully, u sound like a BANNISHED OSU!!
Just stay away from the Igbos or I will take the responsibility of keeping ur mind straight like an ATURU. LOST FOOL!!

Firstly,northern Igbos didnt start bearing those names u mentioned like ifeoma,oluchi(central Igbo) or even Ijeoma until early 19th century,chinenyen.
Secondly,can u please explain vividly to me what make u think that names with " Igbo" prefix or suffix "are not southern",according to you the oldest southern Ngwa man. Bollocks!!
Thirdly,is ohnuhnu by any chance "southern" Igbo
Chinenyen,its only a good friend will tell u that "ur mouth stinks"

Odumchi,nwanne abughim onye na ewe oke iwe. Mana, Ndigbo sili na asokata eze anya ekpulu nkata na isi gwa ya okwu. Sometimes he bits more than what he can actually chew.