Tradition

[xoxoluwaxox]

what are some behaviors, customs, and traditions distinct to different nigerian groups?
i know yoruba dobale, but igbo's dont. do others

i heard igbo women shave head when hubby dies, and have to say in the house with the body for 10 days... is that BS? cuz it sounds untrue. well the say in the house part sounds false.

i know a fulani girl who when she goes to see her uncle who is a year older than her, she kneels and looks to the ground. we went to his job at the campus library, and she just did that. i was confused... is that a fulani hausa costom?

clarify for me... and give me more!!!

[Bubus]

I can speak to the igbo custom. Yes, an igbo wife is required to cut her hair and wear sack-cloth when her husband dies at a young age... however, I haven't heard of a tradition where she is required to stay with the corpse.

[Agbai]

staying with the corpse for 10 days? what the corspse doesnt decay?

[Nappy Chick]

Ibo women have to shave their hair and wear "mourning" clothes. They don't socialize during that time. In my village, the women come and sit with the widow in a little room and folks come and pay respects to her. I've never heard of sitting with the corpse sha