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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Nobody: 6:42pm On Jan 12, 2020
Great, me likey kiss
I think some parts of abia state does this too e.g. abìlìba.
Am i right?
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by mrvitalis(m): 6:48pm On Jan 12, 2020
CAPSLOCKED:
IMO STATE AND THEIR RIDICULOUS CULTURES SHA.
Shut up

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by golddust6000(m): 6:48pm On Jan 12, 2020
Jgoldie:
I am not familiar with the Igbo culture but of what significance is the nose mask??

Very colorful event I must say

Someone pls explain?
it harmattan season too much dust.

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by franchasng: 6:48pm On Jan 12, 2020
I want to see masquerades, why are Igbo masquerades going into extinct

I love watching masquerades dance a lot, op try and post pictures of their masquerade because I am sure masquerade danced during the festival.


Lalasticlala try and be moving masquerade dance threads to front page like snake threads too, some of us love masquerade more than you love snakes you know lipsrsealed

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Preshy561(f): 6:50pm On Jan 12, 2020
franchasng:
I want to see masquerades, why are Igbo masquerades going into extinct

I love watching masquerades dance a lot, op try and post pictures of their masquerade because I am sure masquerade danced during the festival.


Lalasticlala try and be moving masquerade dance threads to front page like snake threads too, some of us love masquerade more than you love snakes you know lipsrsealed
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Preshy561(f): 6:52pm On Jan 12, 2020
I really missed so much this last Xmas.
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Aruusi: 6:52pm On Jan 12, 2020
donstan18:


Lol. You are Yoruba, but I won't because you don't respect other people's tradition and culture, condescend so low as your grandpa to come for your tribe because I believe there are sane and reasonable Yoruba people, I mean people your parents weren't privileged enough meet which led to the drastically reduction of your common sense that would have let you know the importance of culture and respecting other people's culture.

Permit me to bring it to your notice that a Yoruba man(Davido) who every male in your lineage would wanna be like married an Igbo woman[Traditionally].

These are the kind of Yoruba people that matters in the society, not someone like you.


Finish talk

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Nobody: 6:53pm On Jan 12, 2020
franchasng:
I want to see masquerades, why are Igbo masquerades going into extinct

I love watching masquerades dance a lot, op try and post pictures of their masquerade because I am sure masquerade danced during the festival.


Lalasticlala try and be moving masquerade dance threads to front page like snake threads too, some of us love masquerade more than you love snakes you know lipsrsealed

They are not actually.
I watched how a lady that went to agùlù in anambra state just this last festive season to watch masquerades with her family on youtube. So entertaining.
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Expensive2000(m): 6:54pm On Jan 12, 2020
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked




This is a very, very detailed piece.
Tradition is all we have and it gives me orgasms to see the next generation carry on with it.

My dear Ihitte-Uboma

Brings back long memories of when I visited Ihitte-Uboma for the burial of a friend's husband.
She couldn't freely receive me there so we managed to drive to neighboring Obowo, she was still inhibited so we had to drive all the way down to Umuopara in Umuahia where she gave me debbé as appreciation for the sacrifice of coming.

We almost crashed at '7-and-half' on our way back if not for God who cautioned her late husband and told him that he had no reason to be jealous since death had done them part.

Nice town aside from those SARS that always stay around Ishinweke waylaying AKTC and Abia Line buses.
.
U sabi places no be small. am from Umunumo bro

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by CAPSLOCKED: 6:55pm On Jan 12, 2020
majamajic:



it takes 100 turns to cover a single lie , how can u be from the states u lived , do naija states give citizenship ?

be proud of the state u come from

EXPLAIN YOUR POINT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I'M ACTUALLY GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO PROVE YOU KNOW HOW TO READ.

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by franchasng: 6:56pm On Jan 12, 2020
sassysure:


They are not actually.
I watched how a lady that went to agùlù in anambra state just this last festive season to watch masquerades with her family on youtube. So entertaining.
Please share video, I have been searching for Igbo masquerade videos on YouTube, no recent ones, only old ones I already watched.


I really miss masquerades cry
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by LuIuosas: 6:56pm On Jan 12, 2020
Cool
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Nobody: 6:57pm On Jan 12, 2020
franchasng:
Please share video, I have been searching for Igbo masquerade videos on YouTube, no recent ones, only old ones I already watched.


I really miss masquerades cry
Check Flo Chinyere on youtube.
The lady that wrote all Nigerian recipes.

U can also check achukwu masquerade iruagba ekwulobia, isuofia etc. They will show different types of masquerades dancing.

We usually go and watch them when we were growing up.

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by franchasng: 6:59pm On Jan 12, 2020
donstan18:


Lol. You are Yoruba, but I won't because you don't respect other people's tradition and culture, condescend so low as your grandpa to come for your tribe because I believe there are sane and reasonable Yoruba people, I mean people your parents weren't privileged enough meet which led to the drastically reduction of your common sense that would have let you know the importance of culture and respecting other people's culture.

Permit me to bring it to your notice that a Yoruba man(Davido) who every male in your lineage would wanna be like married an Igbo woman[Traditionally].

These are the kind of Yoruba people that matters in the society, not someone like you.
Some modern Yoruba boys, especially the poverty ridden ones from poor homes are terrible, the way they represent the great Yoruba tribe online can be nauseating, very annoying poor lads angry



Please nwanne post picture of masquerade dance at the festival pls

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by franchasng: 6:59pm On Jan 12, 2020
sassysure:

Check Flo Chinyere on youtube.
The lady that wrote all Nigerian recipes.

thanks so much. Let me check it right away
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by smokeindasky(m): 7:00pm On Jan 12, 2020
CAPSLOCKED:
IMO STATE AND THEIR RIDICULOUS CULTURES SHA.
and you don't even have an origin

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by bizhop01: 7:02pm On Jan 12, 2020
Africa with madness
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Nobody: 7:02pm On Jan 12, 2020
franchasng:
thanks so much. Let me check it right away
Check achukwu masquerades.
They are known for their dancing skills.

There is adamma masquerade from Enugu state too.
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Jimbadly: 7:06pm On Jan 12, 2020
Wrong translation. It's 'girding of cloth' not 'wearing of cloth'. undecided

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by franchasng: 7:07pm On Jan 12, 2020
sassysure:

Check achukwu masquerades.
They are known for their dancing skills.

There is adamma masquerade from Enugu state too.
wow, thanks so much, thank you Sassy
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by EmmyOD(m): 7:07pm On Jan 12, 2020
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NO BI TODAY YOU START SHAME YORUBA WITH OIL AND PEPPER TALK.
SO DAVIDO MARRIED IGBO, THEREFORE WE SHOULD ALL EMULATE HIM BECAUSE IT'S THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT?

OGA YOUR SANCTIMONIOUS YARNS ARE FOR NEWCOMERS ON THE FORUM. WE KNOW HOW TRIBALISTIC AND STUPID YOU CAN BE. WE KNOW HOW YOU RIDICULE THE YORUBAS LIKE YOU PICK YOUR NOSE. I'M NOT EVEN YORUBA. FOR YOU TO BELIEVE I'M YORUBA AND START TO RAIN RUBBISH WITHOUT CONFIRMATION IS ENOUGH PROOF OF HOW MUCH HATRED AND RIDICULE YOU HAVE IN YOUR BANK FOR THE TRIBE.

FEEL PAINED OR NOT, DONSTAN, THE TRUTH OF LIFE IS THAT MANY THINGS WE CALL CULTURE IS OUTDATED, BEAR NO MEANINGFUL FRUITS, DEVELOPS US NEITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY, AND MUST BE DISCARDED.
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Look at this efulefu. It's people like you that reject your culture and start practicing oyibo culture, calling it civilization. No people on earth that doesn't do one or too inherited stuffs which has no developmental value(''developmental value'' in your words).
Let me give you just one example. In the highly developed England, nobody eats food again in any function ones the queen has stopped eating, you dare not walk in front of the queen and ones you see the queen drop her bag on the table in any gathering, everyone stands up and leave,if you are having a marriage ceremony, the bride must wear white and so on..... These things are cultures of the English people which they inherited and still practice. If you go to India, China, America, France, Japan and so on. You see their culture but down here we claim more civilized than civilization.

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Nobody: 7:09pm On Jan 12, 2020
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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by GODPUNISHALABI: 7:12pm On Jan 12, 2020
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked




This is a very, very detailed piece.
Tradition is all we have and it gives me orgasms to see the next generation carry on with it.

My dear Ihitte-Uboma

Brings back long memories of when I visited Ihitte-Uboma for the burial of a friend's husband.
She couldn't freely receive me there so we managed to drive to neighboring Obowo, she was still inhibited so we had to drive all the way down to Umuopara in Umuahia where she gave me debbé as appreciation for the sacrifice of coming.

We almost crashed at '7-and-half' on our way back if not for God who cautioned her late husband and told him that he had no reason to be jealous since death had done them part.

Nice town aside from those SARS that always stay around Ishinweke waylaying AKTC and Abia Line buses.
this guy aswear you no go ever kill me grin grin grin

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Nobody: 7:14pm On Jan 12, 2020
Africans and backwardness undecided
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by lilybonny(f): 7:17pm On Jan 12, 2020
cool cool
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Sambaby7640: 7:17pm On Jan 12, 2020
donstan18:


Lol. You are Yoruba, but I won't because you don't respect other people's tradition and culture, condescend so low as your grandpa to come for your tribe because I believe there are sane and reasonable Yoruba people, I mean people your parents weren't privileged enough meet which led to the drastically reduction of your common sense that would have let you know the importance of culture and respecting other people's culture.

Permit me to bring it to your notice that a Yoruba man(Davido) who every male in your lineage would wanna be like married an Igbo woman[Traditionally].

These are the kind of Yoruba people that matters in the society, not someone like you.
Lalasticlala,seun osewa,Myndd44,dominique

Rule 2 and 3 broken

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by wany(f): 7:25pm On Jan 12, 2020
donstan18:
7: The babe with cane is seriously showing the current celebrants pepper. Lol.

No joy!!!

I taught you don't like seeing women been in position.my taught was all correct,you ate an igbo dude.sad most Igbo men are mysogist and chauvinist by default.though your hypocritical disposition is on another level undecided

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by francisisking: 7:28pm On Jan 12, 2020
donstan18:


Lol. You are Yoruba, but I won't because you don't respect other people's tradition and culture, condescend so low as your grandpa to come for your tribe because I believe there are sane and reasonable Yoruba people, I mean people your parents weren't privileged enough meet which led to the drastically reduction of your common sense that would have let you know the importance of culture and respecting other people's culture.

Permit me to bring it to your notice that a Yoruba man(Davido) who every male in your lineage would wanna be like married an Igbo woman[Traditionally].

These are the kind of Yoruba people that matters in the society, not someone like you.
please allow me to cry for him
Chai see knock out

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Opaline: 7:30pm On Jan 12, 2020
This is one festival that I enjoy and love about my people.... Culture is indeed an heritage we all should be proud of! grin cool
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by pocohantas(f): 7:35pm On Jan 12, 2020
wany:


I taught you don't like seeing women been in position.my taught was all correct,you ate an igbo dude.sad most Igbo men are misogynist and chauvinist by default.though your hypocritical disposition is on another level undecided

And backward...

99.91731% fall into that subset. grin

The worst being those who spent the larger part of their formative years in the SE or have never lived outside the SE for reasonable time. Let alone abroad.

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Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by baby124: 7:37pm On Jan 12, 2020
You mean these old men are just coming of age? I would think this ceremony is for teenagers or younger boys like 15. Or do you mean these ones could only recently afford to be a part of the ceremony? Nice tradition anyway. I don’t think they suffered enough though grin.
Re: A Nairalander Witnesses Iwa Akwa (Wearing Of Cloth) Ceremony In Igboland by Tajbol4splend(m): 7:38pm On Jan 12, 2020
Those people with their marriage business, lol

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