Contest ! Unique Traditions of Indigenous Peoples in My Country (The Igbo Tribe)

Hello everyone here in this wonderful community, greetings from this end to you all. Compliment of the season and i want to tryst we are all doing great here, if so then thanks be to the almighty. I am v-brainer and it is a pleasure to partake in this amazing contest with the title "Contest ! Unique Traditions of Indigenous Peoples in My Country (Region) - Part-19" that is been organised by @ridwant . All thanks to him and the STEEM INDONESIA community for making it possible. Let's dive into the topic proper😉.

The Igbo tribe and people are one of the popular and unique indigenous people that emanate from the Southeastern part of Nigeria. The Igbo tribe speak a language known as the Igbo language which is one of the three major languages known in Nigeria and which diversifies into different dialect depending on the state and region in question. They have many iconic cultural habits and values like the kind of food they eat, the type of clothes they wear, the pattern of which they do their wedding, their way of doing business, cultural events and so many other things that is endemic to their tribe.

Just like i briefly highlighted earlier, the Igbo culture has so many unique tradition and way of life that made them so unique. First; business settlement, most Igbo business men do normally take people from their hometown (not necessarily their relation) to come over with them to the city to learn their business for certain amount of years depending on agreement and then the person in question is given money enough to start his own business. This process is continuous meaning that same boy that is settled will also do same by training someone else and settle him too. This is mostly

Secondly; New Yam Festival. The Igbos are know to be the first people who originated the new yam festival. The new yam festival is mostly done at the end of rainy season and it marks the end of a farming season and the beginning of a new one. It is celebrated by various kinds of entertainment including masquerade dance, cultural dance, and performance of ceremonial rites by the king. Yam and red oil sauce is the main food served on the event, it is an event that signifies fulfillment, prosperity, culture and well-being of the people.

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Thirdly; Their wedding. Getting married in igbo land just like other tribe involves payment of bride price by the groom. Traditional wedding in Igbo tribe is called "igbanku", the wedding usually takes place in the bride father's house. In the cause of the event, the bride will take fresh palm wine gotten from trees in the fathers home town and search for the groom that will be sitted in the occasion, she will give the palm wine to the groom, the groom will drink, put se cash inside the cup, and then they will both go to where the parent are sitted to receive parental blessings.

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Fourthly; Varities of food. The Igbo tribe has so many varities of food some of which are consumed in every region of the country. Their soup are super delicious, some if which are; Egusi soup, Nsala soup(white soup), Oha soup, Ogbono soup, Ófe-aku soup and so many other delicious soups. Some other foods indigenous to the Igbos are; Okpa, Akidi, Abacha, maimai-oka, Agwa and so many other delicious delicacies. How can i forget about some of the sweet fruits like Udara(African cherry), Ugiri(bush mango) and so many other fruits found in their lands.

The Igbo tribe are very unique indigenous people in my country as they have so many likeable cultural way of life and good traditional attributes. There is a saying that "Anywhere you go to and do not find an Igbo man, run away from that place". That is true because an Igbo can blend easily with people and can survive almost anywhere.
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