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 Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 5:26am On Jul 24, 2009 |
Going to bed everyone! Have a good one FL. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 5:16am On Jul 24, 2009 |
FL Gators:If I take a debate with someone else, it doesn't have to be related with you as you've got nothing to say about your state   Do you succumb? I bet you will. Na. . . . na. . .na. . . whistling to this Akon's song on my iPhone |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 5:08am On Jul 24, 2009 |
FL Gators:  . I won again. TheSeeker -- 2 FL Gators -- 0 Put that on the scoreboard. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 5:00am On Jul 24, 2009 |
FL Gators:Your state? . You make me wanna lose it. Tell me 6 things you know and are sure of about your state and you can sure defend your intolerance of a launch of "insult" on "your" state Amosexy, don't go yet. Let's make this Osun v. Ekiti |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 4:54am On Jul 24, 2009 |
amosexy:I handle Modakekes very very well. I know them inside out. So there ain't nothing to be scared of. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 4:39am On Jul 24, 2009 |
[quote author=oyinda. link=topic=297077.msg4241185#msg4241185 date=1248406078]uhhh. . . middle of the residence as in digging hole in center of sitting room?  abi u mean backyard? maybe that's just their tradition. what's with the blue font sef lol[/quote]Mostly in the passageway, but some weirdly bury such dead in their own bedroom(I have seen two cases). They have this belief that their father or mother should not be buried outside(they simply don't want their spirits outside). The blue font? Are you jealous? . Well, I'm Libra and my color is blue. I love blue, that's why even from where I am, I'm a supporter of Chelsea Football Club, England. amosexy:You're now from Modakeke? Please confirm this again. Be warned that you will not be able to change your status after confirmation |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 4:25am On Jul 24, 2009 |
FL Gators:Are you the "agbalagba"? Hmmmm. . . . . wonders will never cease to exist. How did I "soro" when you came to the thread? Please translate the rest  As to why there are no toilets, Gators, contact your proxy, Ifeleke. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 4:20am On Jul 24, 2009 |
amosexy:Really? Gators!!!!!!! Your rump unmasked! Houses without toilets? Now, that's what's up! Won't you agree? Also, we should ask the Akure people why they bury the dead right in the middle of the residence instead of outside? |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 4:13am On Jul 24, 2009 |
FL Gators:You always enjoy slurring me, I guess. Dem no teach you say dem dey greet people when you enter one place? Oh sorry . . . . typical Ekiti propriety. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 3:54am On Jul 24, 2009 |
FL Gators:You don come today abi? Ehn Remii:I didn't say it's fallacious to breast feed, I merely stated it's a misjudgment to say without it you won't be healthy. Of course breast feeding is good, but I don't believe without it a kid won't be healthy. Your scientific assay is very right. [quote author=oyinda. link=topic=297077.msg4241088#msg4241088 date=1248403505]so why didn't u get breastfed? i guess if u marry a wife who shares ur opinion about it then it's up to u i guess. but breastfeeding should definitely be encouraged.[/quote]Because my dad didn't like it either and -- oh well --- it paid off for him. Breast feeding should be encouraged for those who wants to do it but are having doubts. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 3:41am On Jul 24, 2009 |
Oh boy!! See pediatric lectures. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 3:33am On Jul 24, 2009 |
@Remii It's all fallacy that if you don't breast feed then you're likely not to be healthy. My brothers, my sister and myself never got breast fed and tell you what, we're healthier than folks who were breast fed. The last time I fell ill was 2 years from now and still counting. None of us -- myself especially --ever had health complications. My only illness is headache and that's like once in 3 years. It runs in the blood men, it ain't about breast milk. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 2:54am On Jul 24, 2009 |
[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4240998#msg4240998 date=1248399829]na only Yoruba women dey stand to pee, right? Public breastfeeding is subject to debate. Some people dont mind it while others do. However, better for the baby to be breastfed in public than for it to scream people's ears out. imo, breastfeeding is a lesser "evil" compared to that.[/quote]Though it might not be widely accepted, with people claiming it to be unhealthy or whatever, I'm not a big fan of breast feeding. If and when I get married, my wife has a child, I'd say a big NO to breast feeding; let alone breast feeding in public -- disgusting. amosexy:Don't even mention Hausa!! They have no rival when it comes to filthiness. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 2:29am On Jul 24, 2009 |
Amosexy, it's common. Tell me you didn't see any o'doz |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 2:17am On Jul 24, 2009 |
amosexy:Yes that too. Have you come to see how they stand, spread their legs, and pee? eehhhhhhhhhhwwww.,. that's so irritating |
| Celebrities › Re: Beauty & Body: Kim Kardashian Vs. Beyonce by TheSeeker(m): 2:12am On Jul 24, 2009 |
B looks like a toy. BTW, have you seen how skinny Jay has turned to lately? He's now all heady. No more flesh. I fear B wants a baby and has demanded too much of kokomycin from J |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 1:25am On Jul 24, 2009 |
[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4240806#msg4240806 date=1248394371]I have no idea where Origbo is and neither have I ever been inside Modakeke. I've just seen the place enroute to somewhere else. I even thought it was Ife until I learnt otherwise. But I believe Yorubaland consists of more than just those towns and villages. Maybe you're referring to a particular state? I'm not too familiar with Osun either though it seems most non-Yoruba nairalanders claiming they were "born and raised" in Yorubaland, tend to be referring to Osun when they say so, with a few of them meaning Lagos.[/quote]Yes, I used those two locations because I wanted to take an example from Osun state. Of course there are lots of other places dirtier than those places I mentioned, even in other states but that's not the issue here. I see it sometimes as not being dirty but somewhat an action that speaks it. To me, when you hoard goats and sheep, you'd have a shelter for them different from where humans sleep. Some people go as far as letting this animals sleep in the same house with residents at very close proximity -- I find that a dirty act as well as lack of proper orientated healthy living. If I'm talking about Yoruba now, I'm not referring to macro-towns and larger cities. I am referring to places where they have less exposure down to villages. They might not regard it as dirtiness but they are all acted. People constructing toilets close to where they fetch water sounds dirty to me. Dung hills located close to people's house and a lot more are acts of dirtiness. I wouldn't straight-call it dirtiness but just lack of orientation. I do believe if there's enough sensitization there'd be changes and seems the government have been doing a wonderful work in that area; that some of these places are beginning to look transformed. Overall, I don't think Yoruba are the dirtiest -- they do have very irritating dirty traits that's being exhibited but that's not to say they are the dirtiest. It's different for those of us who were raised outside these villages as we can't see these things unless we go on a hunt into these places and see what's up. In my opinion, Hausa are the dirtiest. Houseflies are their friends |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 1:06am On Jul 24, 2009 |
[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4240641#msg4240641 date=1248391922]That’s your opinion. However, remember others have also been to the southeast and may not have the same impression as you. If I say my own now another civil war will start here. But right now I have no interest in comparing the levels of dirtiness from around Nigeria. Africa in general does not have widespread flushing toilet facilities and the majority have to depend on pit latrines or the bush, just like in India. Pit latrines were themselves introduced by the whites in colonial times. And not only in Africa and India, but Asia as well. Chamber pots are also a necessity in places where its considered unsafe to relieve yourself outside during the “witching” hours. Europeans also used chamber pots before toilets were invented. So are people supposed to shit on themselves during those hours or isn’t it a logical thing to use a chamber pot which you then empty in the morning. Or the mothers you saw- did they not empty those pots during the day? Handwashing is important, and unless you want to say Yorubas are also the only Nigerian tribe that slacks in handwashing, then people are expected to adapt to whatever situation they find themselves in. True, its good to have a flushing toilet in every home everywhere in the world, but currently that’s not realistic. Now, I've heard people say they lived with sheep and goats in the same buildings, in Yorubaland. Cant say I've done the same except when we had dogs who lived with us inside the house. However, did the people who kept their livestock inside, not clean their houses? Poultry and goats poop all the time. I doubt a sane person would be comfortable living inside a house filled with animal droppings. Besides, arent the animals normally brought in at night, to guard against them being stolen? But are outside during the day?[/quote]Don't let us start delving into this. I'm not interested in who's dirtier but the overall assertion by some folks that a particular tribe is dirty is despicable. I don't see why people should label Yoruba as being the dirtiest. I do have to admit that the dirtiest thing --- to me at least --- I found in Yorubaland, but that doesn't make Yoruba dirtiest. Anyone who's been to Origbo & Modakeke will bear witness with me. And by the way, Origbo consists of 6 towns. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 12:02am On Jul 24, 2009 |
@TOH, you see she denied it. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 11:59pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
@ThiefOfHearts, how do you know? Let her do the answering. |
| Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: Your Most Embarrassing Date ~ Flaws & Errors by TheSeeker(m): 11:57pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
[quote author=TOPE2000! link=topic=300271.msg4240502#msg4240502 date=1248389443]ha ha very funny he still tease me abt this [/quote]Yes, if I were him I'll remind you everyday. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 11:54pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4240381#msg4240381 date=1248388051]My grandma wasnt dirty, though I dont know what the dirt police experienced in Yorubaland. But going by the photos one sees on Nairaland and the rest of the internet, which all curiously [/b]show trash heaps and open gutters as a unique phenomenon found [b]only in western Nigeria , Yorubaland to be precise (especially Lagos), I'm guessing the slums where people grew up in, are what they're referring to when they call Yorubas dirty. Now of course there are others who go a step further and insist Yorubas eat out of the toilet- for that one, once again, I dont know what people experienced that gave them that impression, or who they move with. I didnt know dirtiness was seen as an exclusively Yoruba trait until I joined Nairaland. Either I was sheltered while growing up or some interest groups have personal problems with Yorubas hence their unabashed profiling of the tribe. when I was in Nigeria, regardless where I lived, the slum areas of town were generally seen as dirty. But towns rarely consisted of slums only. However, I dont know what others saw oh. Some will say Yoruba women dont wash their underwear- maybe the ones they dated never did. I was never in their personal problems so I wouldnt know. Besides, Nigerians overseas also call themselves dirty so let them all face each other.[/quote]Nice analysis right there. I guess most people that say Yorubas are dirty are most definitely referring to the slums, where dirtiness also abounds. I was on this adventure sometime ago, I was visiting villages and sad to say, what I saw in some of these villages somewhat buttresses the assertion some people make that Yorubas are dirty; although I have to say the dirtiness sting is overrated. They seem to purport it out of proportion hence, making it a little surreal. I visited some villages in the South East and there was a sharp contrast to what I saw in the South West. In the former, you'll see spike-and-clean swept compounds, beautiful trees and everything is carefully set in order. The same can't be said of the villages I visited in the latter. I personally witnessed some sliding their kids' stool closed in a "potty" under their beds. Some put "potty" in their house to pee in and throw that away in the morning probably because they didn't want to go out at night. Although, the same can't be said about the Yorubas living in larger cities where exposure has changed everything. But can we even bring the blown-out-of-proportion Yoruba dirtiness to comparison with Hausas? Nah, that'd be nasty. |
| Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: Your Most Embarrassing Date ~ Flaws & Errors by TheSeeker(m): 11:47pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
[quote author=TOPE2000! link=topic=300271.msg4240369#msg4240369 date=1248387937]Lmao . . . .This is funny The first time i actually went to my bf's house . . . .i fell down twice infront of him. i was embarrassed the first time . . .he was acted like a gentleman by picking me up and the second time he busted into laff and so did i. crazy [/quote]That is called "Falling before the actual Fall Syndrome" |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 11:26pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
Remii:You're spot on, Remi. I couldn't have said it better! |
| Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: Your Most Embarrassing Date ~ Flaws & Errors by TheSeeker(m): 11:13pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
@Godmother, that lady in question called me back and wanted to know when we'll meet again. I just told her I'm not any longer interested in the date anymore. I mean, I understand women being treated like pets, but make a guy wait for 3 hours and then switch off your phone only to show up later?That's whack. |
| Dating And Meet-up Zone › Re: Your Most Embarrassing Date ~ Flaws & Errors by TheSeeker(m): 10:28pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
My first date? Nah! Never been embarrassed and none has gone erroneous so far. The only one I can think of was we had a time set to meet at this restaurant and she made me wait for almost 3 hours. Within this 3 hours, I called her severally, she answered some, ignored some and later switched off her phone. I waited 30 more minutes after she switched off, when I saw no sign of her nor her number being in service, I ejected myself out of the frenzy filled restaurant. As I was about to get to my car, she I saw her coming through. Hell, I behaved like I didn't see her and I got into my car and zoomed off. My question was, why would she ignore my calls and later on switch off the phone? Subsequently showing up after all that got me speculating she's shady. So I dialed my gas pedal with my nice NIKE shoe. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 9:06pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
Some people say that Yorubas are dirty, is that correct? Tell us more about your area from the best of your knowledge. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 8:35pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
@Who is earth mama? |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 8:11pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4239430#msg4239430 date=1248375961]ok! but abeg dont turn into one of those I-was-born-and-raised-in-Yorubaland-and-my-family-owns-the-whole-Yoruba-but-I-hate-them Yorubas-with-a-passion people. Those ones are too irritating for words.[/quote]Of course, I ain't. I'm proud of everywhere in Nigeria, except of course, the Hausas. I'm quite not too down with their kind of personality. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 7:59pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
No, I can't deny my roots for no reason. But stay tuned, you'll see. |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 7:16pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4239131#msg4239131 date=1248372086]come oh, no be you post this So where are you from exactly?[/quote]All I can say is stay tuned and you'll understand later on. amosexy:That soup talk is fallacy, a pure one. Ejigbo speaks French because they are abundant in Benin Republic ( Cotonou). |
| Culture › Re: Osun -- State Of The Living Spring! Identify Here by TheSeeker(op): 6:47pm On Jul 23, 2009 |
amosexy:K'abo jaree , . . . . ba wo ni omo mi to sure?[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4238858#msg4238858 date=1248368368]anybody wey abuse my photo, we go wear the same trouser oh.  [/quote][color=#000099]Where's the picture?[quote author=tpia. link=topic=297077.msg4238728#msg4238728 date=1248366881]lagos but I lived everywhere.where exactly are you from in Osun- you seem to know a lot about Yoruba men in general though you left out Ogbomosho, Iwo, Akoko, Ikale, Kaba, Yagba,Yewa (from Ogun state), and Osogbo. I assume the Ondo meant Ondo town, or did you mean the state. They're different people though.[/quote]I did talk about Osogbo men. Ondo men are romantic and promiscuous too. Ogbomoso, I really don't know about them. Iwo men are pure lovers. the others, I have no idea. I'm not from OSUN either but I have strong ties.[/color] |
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