EmmyOD:

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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.

NaijadrivaCars:
Mbano.

I had a neighbor that told me about it. It is as expensive as a wedding.

Any man in that place that didn't do it when he is of age, his mates become his "senior" and he has less rights in their village.

donstan18:
Firstly, What is Iwa Akwa?


The Iwa akwa, also known as 'cloth wearing', means an initiation into manhood. It is a ceremony that entails the passage of a young boy transforming into a full- fledged man; and it is highly valued, respected and usually practiced by the people of Ehime Mbano, Ihitte Uboma, Obowo and Ahiazu Mbaise Local government areas, all in Imo state. The participants are usually mates of a certain age grade. The wearing of cloths has a symbolic representation. It is a symbol of coverage. It is assumed that they (initiates) were naked before but they are now covered.


I wouldn't want to stress you with too much details as a Nairalander by name Igbodefender had once opened an educative thread on "Iwa Akwa". https://www.nairaland.com/5001028/iwa-akwa-festival-igbo-initiation

Before I forget. The person "Wearing the cloth" is a senior friend, cousin, colleague and buddy. He's just almost everything to me. So base on those settings, I couldn't help but had to forfeit my programs just to be there for him.

This very ceremony happened in Ihitte Uboma LGA, IMO State.

Please help with audience.

baby124:
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 .

donstan18:
Firstly, What is Iwa Akwa?


The Iwa akwa, also known as 'cloth wearing', means an initiation into manhood. It is a ceremony that entails the passage of a young boy transforming into a full- fledged man; and it is highly valued, respected and usually practiced by the people of Ehime Mbano, Ihitte Uboma, Obowo and Ahiazu Mbaise Local government areas, all in Imo state. The participants are usually mates of a certain age grade. The wearing of cloths has a symbolic representation. It is a symbol of coverage. It is assumed that they (initiates) were naked before but they are now covered.


I wouldn't want to stress you with too much details as a Nairalander by name Igbodefender had once opened an educative thread on "Iwa Akwa". https://www.nairaland.com/5001028/iwa-akwa-festival-igbo-initiation

Before I forget. The person "Wearing the cloth" is a senior friend, cousin, colleague and buddy. He's just almost everything to me. So base on those settings, I couldn't help but had to forfeit my programs just to be there for him.

This very ceremony happened in Ihitte Uboma LGA, IMO State.

Please help with audience.

Ok bro we confuse...so u see four legged IBO man transform to young man in waka state there in Nigeria....correct ......how does this help anybody?
Am confuse... we confuse..everybody cofuse(No oofeense)

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

CAPSLOCKED:


LEAVE THE IGBOS AND THEIR MENTALITY THEY HOLD SO DEAR, ALWAYS THINKING THEY'RE THE BEST TRIBE THAT STANDS OUT. YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR THEM, WHEN NOT BRAGGING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND WEALTH, TALK ABOUT HOW CHASTE THEIR BRIDES CAN BE. HOW LOYAL THEIR MARRIED WOMEN ARE, AND HOW THEIR CULTURE IS THIS OR THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY MANAGE TO SOUND LIKE THAT EVEN WITH REALITY STANDING IN THEIR FACES.
I ALWAYS BASH THE IGBOS IF YOU FOLLOW ME CLOSELY, NOT THAT I'M TRIBALISTIC. IN FACT, I'M AWKA MADE BUT YOU'LL NEVER KNOW BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T AGREE WITH COMMON SENSE. THESE ASPECTS OF CULTURE LIKE CANING BOYS AND SELLING WOMEN LIKE MARKET WARES SHOULD BE DUMPED THE SAME WAY WE DISCARDED THE CULTURE OF KILLING TWINS, MARRYING VIRGINS STRICTLY, AND POLYGAMY.

Okpa042:

Masquerades can go extinct, it is gradually loosing its traditional meaning. These days, masquerades are just traditional SARS extorting money anyhow .

Only if they can stick only to their dancing things would have been better.

donstan18:


[s]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.[/s]

Aiyk2333:

now between u both who sounded more like a bitter rached envious bigot!!!! u rushed to claim the person he quoted isn't Yoruba then threw ur bigoted semen as chief of Yoruba affairs abi!!!!! don't let hate choke u to death

emmaodet:


Check our names - Emeka, Obinna, Mayowa, Oladayo are all been gradually replaced with James, Kelvin, Benson, Emmanuel etc and we claim we still have culture.
Even the local gods like Amadioha, Sango, Obatala, Esu are all been chased and relegated by a more Fancied, well advertised and aggressively Marketed Gods like Jesus, Allah etc. We now go to church and mosque weekly instead of our local and native Gods house who really know the terrains here than the Imported and Foreign Gods. Our local Gods are blacks and speaks our languages, our native dialects why the foreign own had to be interpreted for us.
Let us go to Medicine - we all have ditched our local native medicines like agbo jedi, agbo iba etc and our native doctors for foreign medicines like paracetamol and using pharmacy, yet we still boast of having culture.
I think we are really deceiving ourselves

Brugo:


Lol. It appears you are not impressed by the stark truth about your people.

Cheer up, Nnamdi Kanu is not done with you. He must perform better than ojukwu. He has not finished with you lot yet.

A people inspired by hatred for others would always fall into the trap of scam-artists like Kanu and Ojukwu.

Happy wearing-of-cloth day. No lefelendum in the offing for you guys.

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?