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jefips: What's the. Meaning of ukpabi please

Stranglehold: https://www.nairaland.com/1314521/haitian-history-thread/2

My KidStranglehold account got banned in that thread. Also you don't need to unhide the post. Just irreverent revisionism of Haitian history that I should have not posted.

Radoillo: I don't know if these names have already been discussed, but I have always wondered about the meaning of Aro names such as

Oti/Otti

Ezuma

Torti

Iphie

Ijoma (Not 'Ije oma' which means 'good journey')

ChinenyeN: Lol what if they are waiting on an answer, just as you are?

Cyberknight: Nwanne, I'm afraid the answer to that question in a few decades time shall be "no". Or rather "olo". But, by the way, a nugbe m okwu ndi ahu mbu. O nwere onye nwe ike kowaputa anyi nwuo n'asusu Bekee?

99cent: -nothing wrong with healthy competition.
-that woman isn't dumb. maternal mortality is still a huge problem in Africa today which is why I loved the video. I would pour hot water on a stupid masquerade too if it meant that I will have good health care. in reality though all the women were intimidated except that lady. she's quite brave. Most of the men in control in dat village are often not representing the best interest of the people. using superstition n fear to control d people. at least not anymore/better than the colonial masters. they r there for their own pockets too. ie that village chief who wanted the land for himself. n sent masquerades to intimidate the women at d maternity clinic.
when u think about it, d reason we were able to be completely colonized in d first place is because of the leaders' greed. the colonizers 90% of d time worked in concert with d chiefs who were on the British payroll lol

-she didn't pour hot water on d masquerade because she hated traditional superstitions. she poured hot water on him because she didn't believe in d superstition. if she believed in d superstition, she wouldn't have had the nerve to pour d hot water whether she hated it or not. fear is different from hatred. I think many people most likely hate the superstitions yet fear is d reason why they don't challenge it.


it's just a movie anyway. in reality, she would have been attacked probably. those masquerades outnumber her n d midwife.
they're just men hiding behind masks to commit violence. and because of d masks (alter ego) they do not retain conscience of violence. because the belief is that once the mask is on, they have become spirits and any action committed by them is from god. lol
sort of like soldiers who kill as act of duty/profession and when they take off their uniform, they become civilians.

ifyalways: I digo legal?
A choro m inye gi the best birthday gift. M ga-ebiri Felimbobo from Tosh na Agaba butere gi. Nani otu ubochi.

Happy sunday and new week @ nmadu dum.

Stranglehold: https://www.nairaland.com/1314521/haitian-history-thread/1

^^^My KidStranglehold account has been banned on that thread and my post hidden. Can a mod unhide post and unban me?

Thanks in advance.

nenergy: Which version of Igbo is this? i.e which state? Can someone verify this translation please?

ChinenyeN: Ogweke m nchedi la okwu kaa mbu "oriri" nhie owaraobe ke unu (mbu Old Bende) sita la o bu unu mbu nde l'ej'ekwu "iri" ma "risa" ma "rizo". "Iche echiche" mbu whne l'ekwu ekwu nnwe; Ngwa mbiara nwerne okwu odo we l'ej'akpo e.

ifyalways: Happpy birthday brother Odumchi

Ka Obasi bi n'igwe cheba,gozie ma kpuchie gi. Ole ebe i ga-eme party? A choro m ibia

Toshman

toshmann: Odumchi Biko suokwanu Igbo


Okay, owu happy birthday ka odumchi na ekwu ihea

Odukpoms happy birthday o

Kc3000: Ndi oma, u guys ka ji this thread na this side? Toshmann nwa mama, ahurum na ahu di gi òku as usual, and a dim sure na i squeeze gbuo la umunwanyi nile a hupuru gi na ebe a. . .eziokwu odighi easy! Hapu kwa na Ifyalways bu agu nwanyi, infact the babe di ka Stella Oduah. . . e ga azu nye ya bulletproff BMW abuo or no show. Ify ana m ekele gi oo!
Nna mehn, I miss all you people like my mother's ofe egusi. Politics section di ka ebe agbara oso, just a few ndi iberibe no there na ezuzu. Umunnem n'ile there have all vanished. So, obi dim ùto ihu unyu ebe a.


Odumchi na eme birthday, o ruo la afo e ji anu mmanya? Either way, aga m añu one Heineken for the occasion, in fact nyem 2 bottles.

ChinenyeN: O bu "thinking" la "ponderings".

Fulaman198: Seem to be many ways to say Good morning in Igbo, it can be very confusing. So if i say good morning to an Igbo person which one would I pick

I bola chi?
Inyi apụsala?
Inyi aboola nni?
Nnaawo?
ututu oma?
unu aputana?

Are these all just different dialects of Igbo language?

Afam4eva: The thread says "Good Morning" and not just greetings.

99cent: what has this got to do with the movie?
it was a pretty good film. Very inspiring.

NRI PRIEST: Nobody said there is nothing like Ubuni Ukpabi Nri but don't you try to overstretch its reach and Importance. Leave Ubini Ukpabi Nri where it rightly belong,Aro Agukwu Nri and sorrounding towns like Ngwa, Ikwerre Nkpor, Obosi and the rest.

Radoillo: Nna eh, when people come here and argue against generally accepted facts of Igbo history, I just get tired.

NRI PRIEST: And people did go on PILGRIMAGE to Agukwu. How many places in Igboland was was Ibini Ukpabi established ? Then compare that with howmany towns in Igboland and beyond that has the most famous deities in the whole of west Africa,Eke,Oye,Afor na Nkwo.

These deities were venerated in the whole of Igboland and beyond and days which formed the traditional Igbo days of week were name after them. If that isn't popularity tell me what is. How many towns in Igboland has Ubini Ukpabi ? Compare that with Ogwugwu Nshi and Ikenga Nshi,which went as far as Idoma,Igala,Uhrobo and Benin.
Nri bu Nkpologwu Igbo....Onye wee iwe nnie !

Radoillo: U don't understand,

Odumchi was talking about ORACULAR deities, consulted by people from far and wide; not deities that were held in common by large chunks of Igboland (like Ikenga, Ifejioku, Ala/Ana, Eke, Oye etc).

People didn't come from Ijaw or Efik to consult the oracle of Ikenga-Nri, for example. (Ikenga-Nri didn't have an oracle as far as I know). But they came from such places and from throughout Igbo-speaking areas to consult Ubini Ukpabi.

Nke a o sokwu na ife a ga-eji mee argument?