woodcook:
In 2017 the "most educated" tribe are demostrating against cutting down a "sacred" tree, what an irony.

crazysaint:
sacred tree ni sacred root ko


Nigeria is still in dark age.

OrestesDante:
This why we are not developing in Africa!!!

Even trees are sacred.

is an object capable of attracting spirits called kami, thus giving them a physical space to occupy during religious ceremonies. Yorishiro are used during ceremonies to call the kami for worship.[2] The word itself literally means approach substitute. [b]Once a yorishiro actually houses a kami, it is called a shintai. Ropes called shimenawa decorated with paper streamers called shide often surround yorishiro to make their sacredness manifest [/b]Persons can play the same role as a yorishiro, and in that case are called yorimashi (憑坐? lit. possessed person) or kamigakari (神懸り・神憑? lit. kami possession)

SmartMugu:
One of the weirdest things I've ever heard. How could a mere tree be sacred? What sort of mentality do some people have? Is Africa really cursed? A tree is in the way of a developmental project and some people are against it because of a tree. Why can't they go in the forest to find another tree? What's special about this one? Something just ain't right. I'll cut down the damn tree in a heartbeat. Complete nonsense.

SmartMugu:
One of the weirdest things I've ever heard. How could a mere tree be sacred? What sort of mentality do some people have? Is Africa really cursed? A tree is in the way of a developmental project and some people are against it because of a tree. Why can't they go in the forest to find another tree? What's special about this one? Something just ain't right. I'll cut down the damn tree in a heartbeat. Complete nonsense.

Evablizin:
lols e pain you wella is like u are from there sowie

9jakohai:




Japan is a very developed nation. Am sure you have driven Japanese cars, used Japanese computers, and so on.

Infact, Japanese products are everywhere around the world. And they have even made contributions to science (Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Okazaki fragments in DNA research, etc).

But they too have SACRED TREES.




Above is an example of what is called Yorishiro...which (according to WikiP)



By your definition, am sure you would say the Japanese are also backward.

OK....stop using all those Japanese products since they are backward.

Japanese people are really backward....they have sacred trees, shrines up and down the place, they even keep the ashes of their dead in shrines in their house and worship them.They even bring offerings to the graves of their families too...and pray to them

Backwardness in Africa is not because of what we believe, or because of the West, or because we are of low IQ. It is because we focus on trivial things like sharing money instead of developing ourselves.

TPAND:
oooo ahead of infrastructural development. How many tress did UK government pull down to build the Olympic stadium and village. Stop being backward and resistant to development

LordOfNaira:


Would you say the same thing if it were a church or mosque

Brugge:


Because Japan has sacred tree then we use as well?

madridguy:
Fayose must respect the traditionalists and leave their tree for them. That is their place of worship and you must leave it for them.
For those people screaming Africa this Africa that, had been it is a Mosque/Church that is blocking the dualization of same road am sure you won't say so.

Respect for all religion.

shikshark:

Im sure you have never seen this before, because if you have you wont have ignorantly said what you just said, any tree can be transplanted eapecially the ones u cherish

Iamvictor:
Traditionalists and indigenes of Ikere Ekiti in Ekiti state yesterday prevented the state governor from cutting down a sacred tree blocking the dualization of a road in the community.
Governor Fayose was said to have ordered his men to uproot the tree for the commencement of a road dualization project in the area but they were sent packing after traditionalists lit bonfires at Odo Oja area of Ikere Ekiti.
In the heat of the crisis generated by the bonfires at Odo Oja area of the town, Fayose reportedly led armed policemen to the area to put the situation under control.

http://naijagists.com/drama-traditionalists-stop-fayose-cutting-sacred-tree-ikere-ekiti/


They should let the tree fight for itself now

OrestesDante:
This why we are not developing in Africa!!!

Even trees are sacred.

TPAND:
Whether. Church, mosque, bank or whatever, when it comes to lifting the face of the society, nothing overrides

hardeycute:
Blatant Lie.

An African only thinks for himself and his family.
Just take a look at the background of the pics,what reflects the essence of the tree

shikshark:
They should try and transplant it where it will be at peace, abi sacred tree fit construct the road ni.....+ she na by force for fayose to do the road ni

streetzdreamz:
its funny when a particular being, claiming to be the supposed king of the town keeps causing mayhem and confusion in the land,get some touts and hand dem 200-500bucks and you have a crowd behind you, what sacred tree that's brought nothing good to the land!!!! I respect tradition same way I value modernization, one shouldn't impede the other, a supposed shrine located at the heart of a developing town is barbaric, as far as am.concerned on this ish, those traditionalists may go hang!!!!!!!! fayose should go ahead with the construction.

shikshark:
They should try and transplant it where it will be at peace, abi sacred tree fit construct the road ni.....+ she na by force for fayose to do the road ni

streetzdreamz:
its funny when a particular being, claiming to be the supposed king of the town keeps causing mayhem and confusion in the land,get some touts and hand dem 200-500bucks and you have a crowd behind you, what sacred tree that's brought nothing good to the land!!!! I respect tradition same way I value modernization, one shouldn't impede the other, a supposed shrine located at the heart of a developing town is barbaric, as far as am.concerned on this ish, those traditionalists may go hang!!!!!!!! fayose should go ahead with the construction.

Daboomb:


my foolishness is legendary!


'

What stops the Government from constructing a ROUNDABOUT, around the Tree or dont express Roads also have intersection roundabouts?
Must we cut down everything, just to build another?


Its not rocket Science, but people like Fayose dont have brain to even use at all.


BTW: Why did he not cut it down immediately, with all the Police he took to the place?
Fear don catch leader of Biafra ni?

woodcook:
In 2017 the "most educated" tribe are demostrating against cutting down a "sacred" tree, what an irony.

Realhommie:
Lol... Streetzdreamz you're vexing ni oooooo..