mej67:
Yes, it is old school. If what we practiced in 178BC is not old school, tell me what is. Are you ok dude?

See what I mean when I say you guys prefer to live in the past.

Because you are much more settled with your state in pre-historic time than modern day when you are losing to envying others who are progressing.

That is what happens to a stagnant society. Move guys, move. Time is changing fast.

e7ejinima:
No Sir, there are no Igbo begger in London and not any part of the world. Not in Igbo character.

Thanks for educating me on all the crimes you know of. You may wish to add credit card fraud, sham marriage and welfare fraud which the Yorubas here have perfected since ages. Igbos here are heading to parliament.

Sorry for angering you for being in London. It is not my fault. I actually live in Nigeria. I am on holiday here and with the change in weather, I will be back mid Nov. Ok.

Thanks but no thanks.

e7ejinima:
@OnTheMoveWA,

I am afraid you have lost the moral justification to make any more request on this thread.

Hope you are okay? As in, a normal human? After being so battered in a thread you opened, you keep coming back.

Your illiteracy and ignorance have been so exponentially exposed that you should be hiding from entire Nairaland forum. But despite the attempts to uplift you and launder your witlessness, you keep missing the point, which is, [size=28pt]THE JOKE IS ON YOU!!!!![/size]

You may not bother to reply to this. (that's if you are okay??)

mej67:
Another lesson for you. A quick one...

Igbos move so quickly and adapt to new things and new cultures.

Akwete is still in use today. But guess what, it is used for Odo masquerade and those fearsome Abriba war dancers. These are meant to reminisce the past.

Reason, there are finer, easier fabric and Igbos have moved with the trend and world. You know, as Igbos travelled and traded, they came in touch with cashmire, hollandis, ankara wax, linen, gabadine, just name it. Go to Aba and you will see fabric wonder.

If you are so proud of your native yoruba, pls post me a picture of a corporate office where yourba adire, buba, or ashoke is worn.

I won't want to name you a fool.

Blizzy9ja:
Wats dat supposed to mean... Dick head

e7ejinima:
Gentlemen,

Note that this thread has had over 1,400 views. My point is that even though it is clear that the Op came out to spew his ignorance, please, instead of coming down hard on him, educate him. Provide him with the knowledge that he lacks that is fuelling his prejudice. And by so doing, you will not only improve him but also improve the knowledge of many others like him who are watching from a vintage point but may not be joining in because the thread is becoming so monotonic. You can also see that not many Yorubas, his people seemingly, are coming to his rescue.

Please do not assume anything. Do not ask him to Google anything. He might not know how to approach that basic step of information search.

I will therefore answer some of his worries:

He wanted to know if there was any traditional clothing for the Igbos. Yes, actually many but with everything about Igbo history, it was difficult for the white colonialists to understand our ways being so republican and vibrant. Self determination was in Igbo land long before the whiteman came.

So for the cloths:-documented and undocumented:

1. Akwete. "Akwete cloth weaving is said to be as old as the Igbo nation." Vanguard. Read more:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/akwete-cloth-an-igbo-textile-art/
Akwete cloth is a unique hand woven textile produced in Igboland for which the town of Akwete in Abia state, Nigeria is famous. -Wikipedia

Akwete is the most documented of Igbo traditional fabrics. It was so sophisticated that the patterns and motifs had copyright as far back as then. Traditionally the creator of a new motif is granted an unwritten copyright. Artiste Victor Uwaifo sang so colourfully about akwaete.

2. Ekete. A loin cloth made of local cotton, very often worn as a day-to-day common cloth. It is spurn from local cotton and is much more affordable than the ceremonial Akwete. It is also used in some sling chairs used by those who can afford it. It is also used a lot by the masquerade cult.

3. Ogodo. Thin strip of cloth meant as inner wear for men

4. Igba. A tougher form of ogodo mostly dorn by wrestlers

Blizzy9ja:
Another e-diot setting the stage for tribal war of words... Seems nairaland is a fertile ground for an igbo-yoruba tribal war

kalufelix:
lol..
whats the point exchangin mentions with you when i knw i cant put a dagger thru your heart. Talk is not cheap but free


Study your human geography and understand the concept of hamlet, village, town, city e.t.c

Nollywood has really damaged ur brain..

disumusa:
to me these are category well known to me.
A) those born as slave called indi osu.

B)those born as slave called indi ofu.

C) those born as slave called indi wawa

d)those born as wanderal,who are no man son that claim to be native of no man land. like jos,lagos,benue,kogi,kwara,fct,kaduna,kano,phc.

E) those who are also native of under bridge and high way in all major town in nigeria.

kalufelix:
Just ur place of orijin

oklahoma na person village

senseless thread btw...

Blackfire:


give me your location... Mine is testing ground ,iwo road, ibadan.
Lets see if u can stand before me, and insult me.
Today or tommorrow ASAP, u can bring one or two friends along.

Scholes007:
i just told you the name of the cloth fellow...google akwaete

Scholes007:
you are a naive fellow...[akwaete]

CSTR2:
I answered the questions.
It was too sophisticated for your amala brain to comprehend.

mej67:
What op lacks and needs is exposure.

Unfortunately, no amount of commenting on Nairaland can give him that. Too bad.

Blackfire:


mo fi ori iya re be o.
Insult me one more time

Blackfire:


so where are u from? And if it is in ibadan... Lets meet tomorrow and see who is a yoruba who shun bigotry and a 'yoruba' who is controlled by hate and myopism.

I will be suprise u aint even up to 25years.

tonychristopher:

Another Yoruba idiot and bastard has spoken

Abia1son:
How is Ogbomoso great,can ogbomoso be compare to abiriba or ohafia in abia state

IGBOPRINCE:
nwanne, allow the fool to wallow in ignorant. They don't travels so they won't know.
They only wake up in the morning and think nigeria city ends in lagos and abuja. Lol

Travel , they won't travel, do business, they won't do, they said touts life is the best for them as a youth.

That s why lagos, ibadam, ogun and ondo is crowded with area touts boys and fathers.
Even their recent area king just displays his stvpidity to the public.

We re watching cos time shall tell.

IGBOPRINCE:
guy, all ladies that got married to an igbo man, go and check if these yoruba women re still with their husband?
Marriage is easy to arrange but the everlasting practice of marriage is not easy bro.
That s where yoruba women comes to my picture, some that got married to their men do not last long, whether successful, rich or poor. They don't stay in husband house.

The igbo men that got married to them,well I am not saying that it s not possible nwanne, it s but it s hard to see an igbo man married to a yoruba girls, it s o.15% igbos that may engaged in such act.

But I am sure, there re many igbo women due to love or other reasons married a yoruba guy, which I know I can account upto 5% of our girls in the hands of ofe mmanu(ewedu yoruba) for marriages but so cannot be say to their women.



Anyway, my take

Nwennemuo

mej67:
Gosh! I am enjoying this. So, onye akporo iyi amarago iyi akporo ya Jeeeez I acn't stop laughing.

O nke a bu sophistication! I can rain it on you any language include your native dialect. I puru ime ya. Onye ara nne ya na agba akwuna. Omale!

Can you swear with tarred road na onye ahu iche na omuru gi bu ihe muru gi. I bu ihe ndi awusa na akpo banza!

Blackfire:



did u see how bigot u are. Did i tell u my lovely parents are yoruba and igbo?.


I leave u with your schism.

Bye

chuna1985:



And u rush to the 2×2 shops to extort money, ur source of income...Lol

mej67:
Slave mentality.

Must you also defend your masters, the Hausa/Fulani's to pass your point across? Or is it that they will sanction you if you didn't.

My post is meant to educate but I see no education in you, not now, not in future. I will just pass.

Meanwhile, for being the most travelled tribe in Nigeria since far back, you truly believe the Ibos were touring the world in their birth cloths. I won't glorify your ignorance by telling you about old-time igbo garmentry, if you are not able to google it. Ode nie!

IGBOPRINCE:
your replied to me shows you re too emotional rather than rational. You set up a thread to know why and you re making it look like a baseless thread without direction.

I think am done with you since you don't ve sth good to replied your customers. Lol.

I am 100% igbo and I can't denied it cos am proud of my traditions and my people.

I will love to come back as an igbo man.

Like I said before, am done with you.

Tycoflu:
I am understanding where the OP is coming from after seeing some of his replies. He sees a village as a rural area that is out of touch with civilization. But what he failed to understand is that most villages in the south east especially in Anambra, Imo and Abia are in the same league with some of the so called towns in South West in terms of infrastructure and modernisation. As for your impression of clothing made of leaves. Its funny I must say but how will you understand when most of you guys hardly leave south west to other places. Life and civilization does not stop and end in Lagos, Akure , Ibadan or oshogbo.

ibisko04:

Two wrong don't make a right. In as much as I don't agree with the guy you are replying, you are not being fair to Yoruba race.
It's good to always show a sense of more understandings and maturity when provoked than to stoop to the level of fools.
Take it easy friend.

TonyeBarcanista:

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