During the olden days in Igbo land, Ibini Ukpabi, a deity popularly called the ‘Long Juju‘, was used to settle disputes in the community and punish perpetrators of crimes. The Long Juju shrine served as a supreme court for the people of Arochukwu...
Forget the ring, meet a tribe who cut fingers to engage their spouse Showing commitment to the one you love can be done in many harmless ways; like wearing a wedding ring. The Khoikhoi tribe of South Africa have an unusual way of doing this. They cut off the fingers...
It is an annual festival peculiar to the village of Torajan in the highlands of South Sulawesi in Indonesia. The harvest ritual involves exhuming corpses of their loved ones before parading them around the village. The people in the village are said to have a very...
Oruko Amutorunwa (Pre-Destined Names) In Yorubaland In Yoruba land, one of the most important things done when a child is born is to give the child a name. This comes after the child’s ritual birth, massage of specific body parts, and other rites as well. Names are...
The people of Ondo inhabit the south western region of Nigeria and are one of the largest subgroups of the Yoruba ethnic group. Ondo people live as one big family because they are bounded by the same historical background, traditions and cultural heritage...
