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the past few months, people have been posting marriage pictures every Saturday.

Seems this is no longer the case, or maybe I'm the one not noticing the topics?

congrats to the aforementioned couples.

allcomage:
As his name indicates,he is Igbo. In Igbo culture,divorce or separation is incomplete until the bride price is returned no matter how small or big it is. No too much grammar. Emenike should not go alone,he should go with his clan people and his father-in-law will return it. There is no force marriage in Igbo culture. No Igbo family will allow emenike or his wife to get married to their son/daughter as long as the dowry is not returned,unless they marry outside Igboland.

hm

toprealman:
All because you are married to onye Yoruba

you should know there is more involved than that.

Missmossy:
This piece sounds somehow though, there is more to it that meets the eye.

obviously.

in the South South, South East, etc, seems the bride price must be returned by the ex-wife's new husband.

Refusal to do so means all children born to the woman and her new spouse, will be considered the ex husband's kids. This rule does not apply in a few parts of Abia state, according to google.


My question is, what if the original bride price was extremely high, like in the millions?


lord have mercy.

una like divorce and marriage dissolution for here sha. Is this normal or something else.

allanphash7:
That is why Yoruba is one of the best when it comes to marriage


Immediately on the spot on the day of your traditiinal wedding the bride price will be returned to u and u will be told point blank that we didnt sell our daughter to you but we give you for free

i dont know if people will be asking for the yams, goats, cow, drinks etc back had something else been the case.

I don't get it though.

FFK says something, Igbo men reply him.


The Oba of Lagos says something, Igbo women respond.

Am I missing things here?

sholikay:
hoobi etc

What is the meaning of this nonsense I'm seeing trending all over the place?

Yorubas are more than this nah, we say do quantifiable things that make sense, people are posting this type of meaningless stuff.

What is going on?

roufy235:
lol, na german made be dis

german made would probably be smaller.

the one on the right looks like a Nigerian celebrity.

trust fund things i'm guessing.

DollyParton1:
My point exactly. It is just shameful to stand up from a table after being served by a waiteress/waiter without leaving a tip. Those people depend heavily on the tips.
I give tips to anyone I can give to.
You dont expect me to tip a bus driver, or a nurse (well Nigeria is an exception). In cases like this a "Thank you" should suffice.

tips are expected overseas in certain occupations.

In Nigeria too, people sometimes tip bus conductors, food servers, etc.


I think bus drivers are unionized and have good pay and benefits, likewise nurses (abroad). In Nigeria, tips for non-food related professions can be in various forms such as food items, beverages, clothing, etc. Not just cash. Actually, they'd be considered gifts, not tips.

when I remember how I suffered variously in Nigeria with the light situation. . .. . ... . . . . this was way before generators became the in thing and everybody could own one . . ., . .. . . . .. . .



how I wish somebody could have pitied us and dashed us transformers in the twinkling of an eye like I'm seeing now . . . . didn't know it was possible although perhaps things have changed since those days sha, after all Nigerians now calculate in billions instead of millions (or thousands) like when I was young . . . . . . . .. ....

Juvante:
Someone drew my attention to a comment that I made earlier, "I just can't stop picturing her with a pestle in front of a mortar!" It simply means that I love the idea of seeing a white lady or a non Nigerian lady pounding yam , that is why I CAN NOT STOP PICTURING HER POUNDING YAM! I didn't not say anywhere that I CAN'T PICTURE a white lady pounding yam! Please, to pound yam is not easy for those that grew up in Nigeria, not to talk of someone who grew up outside!
To the OP, ( Cherlene), and other ladies currently out of Naija but interested in Naija men, I mean no insult and I can assure that if you want to pound yam the local way, there is enough wooden mortar and long pestle in the local market, to go round all of you.
Stay blessed !

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pleep:
its called objectivity.

not really.

is it just me, or there aren't really a lot of genuine dancing samples on youtube?

especially for Yoruba.

this is not an unknown practice, but exactly how common is it?

Do you do it?

hm

because rule #2 has been updated.

proudlyhandsome:
..

Why is there a sudden spate of nlers with "handsome" in their user name?

sammybhaws:
Who is ijeoma ozichi? Just asking

A blogger I think.

Ngokafor:
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Look at how an an Igbo woman in the person of Ijeoma stood up for her husbands people..

You watch too much nollywood.

Or are you angling for something?

Why not ask them if thank you should not be accompanied by a tip.

I think this may be the south african standard of beauty, not necessarily the non south african one.


And maybe ghanaian sha.

The op is not really referring to time.

Lord have mercy.

Did the Oba specifically single out igbo/yoruba marriages for mention?

I wonder why the sudden spate of people showcasing their igbo/yoruba relationships.

What's the reason for the question?

Dunno

I think I know what the op based his/her write up on.

Which king did the portuguese meet when they arrived in lagos in 1472, or has that information been lost.