MARRIAGE IS AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION ALL OVER THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA AND NIGERIA. TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA IS SPECIAL AND UNIQUE ACCORDING TO EACH ETHNIC GROUP. NIGERIA'S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE MAKES UP FOR FASCINATING TRADITIONAL MARRIAGES, HOWEVER, SOME OF THEM ARE QUITE UNUSUAL.

Listed below are four unusual traditional marriages across Nigeria

OKRIKA'S PERMANENT UNION; Even In Death.

The famous vows "Till Death Do Us Part " which had defined our perceptions of marriage for generations does not apply to the Okrika people of Rivers State, in the South-South region of Nigeria. In Okrika, a bride who is married according to the "Iya" tradition, becomes the groom's permanent possession, even in death. In a situation where she is divorced from her husband, she remains his possession even if she marries another man...Click here to read more: http://youknowsup.com/marriage-tradition/