The family members even try not to listen to any music or allow themselves any kind of entertainment after that. Women (the elder generations) wear black if I am not mistaken for at least 40 days, or even a year, or more.

Extremist behavior 😂….
We are only sad and don’t celebrate when the death is premature. In some cultures here, wives of deceased have to scrape off their hair. In mine, it is optional for anyone who wishes to honor the dead.

Yes, the maggots are very tasty. A most sort after delicacy even. People who travel to these riverine settlements travel with these maggots in mind. They can be found in fallen palm trees. They are commonly called Bayelsa suya(suya means bbq), Bayelsa is the name of my state. It is very commonly eaten😁

And yeah, those are traditional attires. People wear them to church, traditional occasions, weddings. Where I’m from, people have traditional and church weddings, where in the traditional one, the bride is adorned in a similar but more glorious attire. That headtie is a trademark attire of the Izon tribe.

Sorry about the title, I had assumed it to be a prompt. This is literally the only community I write in since it’s music related and I’m not much of a writer, so I’ve treated your post as a prompt here. I have taken note of the error though.