OP this is 2019 for crying out loud. Get enlightened!
Big ups to your sister and dad.

@OP

Put away that archaic thought, despite my moniker, venturing into this denounced practice is
in-fragrante delicto

RoyalBlu:
Osu in 2019


Even the ancestors have moved on.


She'll be fine.

In Qdot voice.. Ancestors don’t take schnapps again. They ask for Hennessy and Vodka

Because of this post I will make an incisive enquiry into this issue of Osu caste system. Personally, I have never heard of it in my place, not even in whispers. My first source of information will be Dad, I've been meaning to call him so this presents a nice opportunity.

Btruth:
while the whole world is moving forward in the 21st century, you and your family are moving backward. What's an Osu? We are all equal in the presence of God, and no man should be label otherwise in this new century.

Please wake up.

Seconded. Well said.

Shugargal:
Umm! I guess you're from IMO state, it's high time you people stop this osu nansense. that's the way they stopped my course mate from marrying her love just because of osu stuff. for me I know IMO state are very serious about it and we from Anambra don't wanna marry an osu nomater the level of love they gat for each other.as it stands that means your sister's children would be automatically osu.as for me I can't marry an osu.

nawa o can't you see you are contradicting yourself, you want op to stop osu meaning they should love and continue to marry each other yet you said you can't marry osu.



Am sure many igbos don suffer on this osu hiss sa, wish I can get a link to any story that will explain vividly about this osu origin.

Kindly view my signature.

When they were dating for 7 years it was not taboo but to marry na taboo.
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Wetin consign Ogun State University for marriage matter sef.

https://www.nairaland.com/5546397/babcock-university-girl-typifies-never#84314101

It's disturbing that these same set of people will travel outside their country and complain about racism, and oppression of immigrants. If at this point in time we still perceive that some clans are superior to the other based on certain historical incidents, then, I think we have no rights to be angry when we are racially discriminated against in the western countries.

Op do you want to tell me that there is no guy in your community that are fu*cking some of these OSU ladies in your village. But once it comes to marriage you guys we just bring up this OSU stuff. Bloody Hypocrites

TheSkyIsBlue:
My Sister Is About To Commit A Serious Taboo All In The Name Of Marriage

Hello Nairalanders!

Please ignore any typographical or grammatical error. I just want to pour it out the way it is in my heart.

I am seriously confused and worried about what is happening in my family and I will appreciate your candid advice.

There is this guy my sister has been in a relationship with for over seven years now. so he actually asked her hand in marriage and decided to come see my parents for introduction, about some months ago. My family decided to take their time to find out more about the guys family background as is required in Igbo tradition.

After several questions asked, my family came to find out that the guy is an Osu (an outcast). On knowing this, everybody in my family told my sister to cut ties with him and discontinue the relationship because it is a big taboo to get married to an Osu in my place . If you do, no family member or friend will attend your wedding or even have anything to do with you again.

But my sister refused to listen to anybody claiming she really loves the guy, that they have been together for a very long time and that she is not getting younger anymore (mind you, she is in her early thirties). Everybody (my parents and extended family members) tried to talk her out of it but she still didn't listen.

After much pressure and her continues insistence, my dad decided to give them his blessings, although against his wish (my dad is actually not really deep into tradition). Now the guy has done all the traditional rights and paid for her dowry. Their wedding is coming up soon.

But the problem now is, according to tradition and from what I heard, if she was allowed to go with the guy without my dad giving them his blessings, the stigma would have just been on her and she alone would have been considered Osu, since she insisted to continue with the marriage. But now that my dad has given them his blessings, it is considered that all of us (her siblings) will also have that link of Osu too. Except if she decide to put an end to the relationship and discontinue with the wedding, which I don't think my sister is ready to do.

I am really worried and depressed about it, cause I don't want anything that will affect me tomorrow when I want to get married just because of my sister's mistakes.

I will really like to get opinions and sincere advice especially from those that are familiar with tradition, cause I'm seriously bothered. Thanks!

Wetting be this
In this time and century

"I am really worried and depressed about it, cause I don't want anything that will affect me tomorrow when I want to get married just because of my sister's mistakes"
YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE CALLED A BROTHER

She is in her thirties and you guys are saying she shouldn't marry someone she has been dating for 7years?

God have mercy on us because sometimes the people fighting us are our "BLOOD"

TheSkyIsBlue:
My Sister Is About To Commit A Serious Taboo All In The Name Of Marriage

Hello Nairalanders!

Please ignore any typographical or grammatical error. I just want to pour it out the way it is in my heart.

I am seriously confused and worried about what is happening in my family and I will appreciate your candid advice.

There is this guy my sister has been in a relationship with for over seven years now. so he actually asked her hand in marriage and decided to come see my parents for introduction, about some months ago. My family decided to take their time to find out more about the guys family background as is required in Igbo tradition.

After several questions asked, my family came to find out that the guy is an Osu (an outcast). On knowing this, everybody in my family told my sister to cut ties with him and discontinue the relationship because it is a big taboo to get married to an Osu in my place . If you do, no family member or friend will attend your wedding or even have anything to do with you again.

But my sister refused to listen to anybody claiming she really loves the guy, that they have been together for a very long time and that she is not getting younger anymore (mind you, she is in her early thirties). Everybody (my parents and extended family members) tried to talk her out of it but she still didn't listen.

After much pressure and her continues insistence, my dad decided to give them his blessings, although against his wish (my dad is actually not really deep into tradition). Now the guy has done all the traditional rights and paid for her dowry. Their wedding is coming up soon.

But the problem now is, according to tradition and from what I heard, if she was allowed to go with the guy without my dad giving them his blessings, the stigma would have just been on her and she alone would have been considered Osu, since she insisted to continue with the marriage. But now that my dad has given them his blessings, it is considered that all of us (her siblings) will also have that link of Osu too. Except if she decide to put an end to the relationship and discontinue with the wedding, which I don't think my sister is ready to do.

I am really worried and depressed about it, cause I don't want anything that will affect me tomorrow when I want to get married just because of my sister's mistakes.

I will really like to get opinions and sincere advice especially from those that are familiar with tradition, cause I'm seriously bothered. Thanks!

This time that Hausa is Marrying Igbo.... Yoruba Marrying Calabar... Una still dey do community to community issue....

When I was serving in that same Imo... Owerri to be precise... I heard that someone from Mbaise and a oh Mbaise can't teach in that same school..... Una culture deep gan

franchasng:
It has ended, but some foolish Igbo herbalists like this foolish op are holding on to it because they are diabolical herbalists

It's either culture is holding us ransom or tradition holding us ransom or politicians holding us ransom or religion holding us ransom or we hold ourselves ransom. . .... Not forgetting kidnappers too, holding us ransom.....

Who would free us?....

I thank God I am not igbo

What is OSU? Abeg don't come and be disturbing people with OSU talk. You put on you thinking cap and you will realise that tradition is complete bullshit. How can you proscribe an entire group of people because their great great grand parents commited an offence or a sacrilege. The world has grown past that age oo.

Osu was abolished in igboland last year december 28 or you can google it to be sure.

TheSkyIsBlue:
My Sister Is About To Commit A Serious Taboo All In The Name Of Marriage

Hello Nairalanders!

Please ignore any typographical or grammatical error. I just want to pour it out the way it is in my heart.

I am seriously confused and worried about what is happening in my family and I will appreciate your candid advice.

There is this guy my sister has been in a relationship with for over seven years now. so he actually asked her hand in marriage and decided to come see my parents for introduction, about some months ago. My family decided to take their time to find out more about the guys family background as is required in Igbo tradition.

After several questions asked, my family came to find out that the guy is an Osu (an outcast). On knowing this, everybody in my family told my sister to cut ties with him and discontinue the relationship because it is a big taboo to get married to an Osu in my place . If you do, no family member or friend will attend your wedding or even have anything to do with you again.

But my sister refused to listen to anybody claiming she really loves the guy, that they have been together for a very long time and that she is not getting younger anymore (mind you, she is in her early thirties). Everybody (my parents and extended family members) tried to talk her out of it but she still didn't listen.

After much pressure and her continues insistence, my dad decided to give them his blessings, although against his wish (my dad is actually not really deep into tradition). Now the guy has done all the traditional rights and paid for her dowry. Their wedding is coming up soon.

But the problem now is, according to tradition and from what I heard, if she was allowed to go with the guy without my dad giving them his blessings, the stigma would have just been on her and she alone would have been considered Osu, since she insisted to continue with the marriage. But now that my dad has given them his blessings, it is considered that all of us (her siblings) will also have that link of Osu too. Except if she decide to put an end to the relationship and discontinue with the wedding, which I don't think my sister is ready to do.

I am really worried and depressed about it, cause I don't want anything that will affect me tomorrow when I want to get married just because of my sister's mistakes.

I will really like to get opinions and sincere advice especially from those that are familiar with tradition, cause I'm seriously bothered. Thanks!

What did I just read, you are a disgrace, a big idiot... common get out of here, foolish thing... why not go back to cave time and live like cave men!!! Osu in 21st century!!! U all deserve to be spat on... tufiakwa!!!

Odingo1:
For those asking what is Osu cast system

Two things can make someone an Osu in Igbo land in the olden days.

1. If someone commit a crime that is regarded as an abomination and it is required that the person should be stoned to death and the person did not present himself to be killed but run inside the Oracle shrine to seek protection, the people that want to kill him will not enter the shrine to bring him out for killing because an Oracle shrine is a sacred place,but after that the person is own by that oracle and become an Osu.

2. If a person is a migrant that committed abomination in another place and run and seek refuse in another place, the community that granted him asylum and protection will regard him as Osu.

....and should that be the same for their offsprings?

OP Osu kee you there! No be only Osu, Since you're such a custodian of tradition, Why don't you continue killing twins and albinos?

Op is not ok at all ... in this age we re fighting for 5g network you want to talk about osu from millions of years ago

TheSkyIsBlue:
My Sister Is About To Commit A Serious Taboo All In The Name Of Marriage

Hello Nairalanders!

Please ignore any typographical or grammatical error. I just want to pour it out the way it is in my heart.

I am seriously confused and worried about what is happening in my family and I will appreciate your candid advice.

There is this guy my sister has been in a relationship with for over seven years now. so he actually asked her hand in marriage and decided to come see my parents for introduction, about some months ago. My family decided to take their time to find out more about the guys family background as is required in Igbo tradition.

After several questions asked, my family came to find out that the guy is an Osu (an outcast). On knowing this, everybody in my family told my sister to cut ties with him and discontinue the relationship because it is a big taboo to get married to an Osu in my place . If you do, no family member or friend will attend your wedding or even have anything to do with you again.

But my sister refused to listen to anybody claiming she really loves the guy, that they have been together for a very long time and that she is not getting younger anymore (mind you, she is in her early thirties). Everybody (my parents and extended family members) tried to talk her out of it but she still didn't listen.

After much pressure and her continues insistence, my dad decided to give them his blessings, although against his wish (my dad is actually not really deep into tradition). Now the guy has done all the traditional rights and paid for her dowry. Their wedding is coming up soon.

But the problem now is, according to tradition and from what I heard, if she was allowed to go with the guy without my dad giving them his blessings, the stigma would have just been on her and she alone would have been considered Osu, since she insisted to continue with the marriage. But now that my dad has given them his blessings, it is considered that all of us (her siblings) will also have that link of Osu too. Except if she decide to put an end to the relationship and discontinue with the wedding, which I don't think my sister is ready to do.

I am really worried and depressed about it, cause I don't want anything that will affect me tomorrow when I want to get married just because of my sister's mistakes.

I will really like to get opinions and sincere advice especially from those that are familiar with tradition, cause I'm seriously bothered. Thanks!

pickatyou:
Truth be told your sister is a selfish bastard.

And all of you saying otherwise I believe you are not Igbo or ignorant, I guess if you family member brought an OSU u will welcome them along with all the curses they will bring.
Then you could all happily hug an Ebola victim instead of quarantining them.
That's what an OSU is in spiritual form, am Ebola victim.

Don't quote me if you are not Igbo.

Think now?

Only Igbos can be OSU in the whole world!? That is myopic thinking. What is their crime?

Think!

It is because of all this useless loophole, that is why the foreign man religion is controlling us like mumu. These foreign religion was once archiac and wicked but they developed their beliefs and made it more modern. But blacks wants to practise ours as we are archiac, archival humans.

Kudos to ur sister..thunder fire Osu.who he help.

Come on Op, no one cares about Osu. if you see fine osu girl with good character please let me know, na alter straight bro. My community also has people we consider as osu but right now, they are part of the community and also get included in community issues really well. Right now, an Osu guy is the councilor

Igbo OSU !

You family should be ashamed of themselves.
2019 with all the problems in the world, you're still calling someone an osu

Igbos have some stone age mentality, stereotype and mindset that is very troubling to a new-generation person. They will be quick to put mouth in external matters, but the ones they do ehn.

Few months back one of our drivers died. I was very shocked to discover they still do some shii to widows. Gosh!

Osu in 2019?

Tufiakwa!!