Traditions and belief system

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Hello Hive, I welcome you all into a new week full of splendid experience. I'm expecting meeting you all at the top, as I bring to you some clips of our traditional values, practice and common happening in part of Nigeria down the state and local communities where I come from.

The Traditions/Belief system

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Picture of traditional attire

  • when a man married to a woman that is unable beer him children she will have to marry another women that will beer them children.

  • In my tradition it is said that a woman much under go secumsition less her children will be dieing.

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A chicken, whose part have been kept sacred

As part of a belief system, only man are been allowed to eat the head of a fish and some special part of a chicken like: gizzard part, the legs, intestines,e.t.c these part are locally call ( igwongwon or down Bella).

  • The man is the head of the house and the woman so he is to sleep at the edge of the bed while sleep next to the wall
    It is also said that when a woman is cut sleeping and crossing her legs that she's practicing witchcraft.

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A woman Crossing her legs

  • Our locally house used broom must be kept at the back of the door. And if you feel that you are been haunted by a witch you will be advice the tier two stick of the locally used brooms and drop it under the bed then, you will be free from the witchcraft attack.

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A woman in a traditional setting

  • It also a common practice in some local villagers the death of an individual attract a life COW before the dease can be led to rest, that is (allowed to be buried).

  • In some community the illtrement of persons is base on there statue, for instances when couple with fertility challenges decide to go adoption, they consider it as an abormination., (taboo). And when a woman die with pregnancy she will not be buried a long side with other deases, they will throw her in an evill forest.

Thank you all for diligently reading and learning the traditions and belief system in Nigeria, although time changes things.

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