matkeyz:
Geezz....Anaconda.........don't toy with dat creature. Itz culd eat u ...and. Why wuld somone serve d animal that make us to loss paradize..

NigAmbassador:
Such culture is found only in Amambra state. In my igbo community, we murder such evil creatures... #war_mood

BabyDaddy20:


Ojoto uno ??
The abakiliki people wey dey Ojoto dey chop Python anyhow for Ojoto

free2ryhme:
what is the meaning of nweke?

Rapmoney:
In many places in Igboland, the python is regarded as a ‘sacred being’ which no one is expected to kill, harm or maltreat. It is an age-long observance because to most Igbo communities, Eke or python is seen as the symbol of the sea or river goddess. It protects and provides for the people, both in terms of wealth, fertility and long life. To the people, eke is a harmless ‘being’ and it is actually harmless to those who do not kill it. To them, eke symbolises peace, prosperity and abundance, especially in the waters.

At Umuohi, Okija, in Ihiala local government area of Anambra state, a man called Ukata Nnanna in an interview gave a clearer picture of why the eke has come to be regarded as being so sacred and in some places is worshipped as a goddess.

"The story of eke we have here is sacred and different. But before we go on, it is good to point out that the mystery surrounding eke is greater than most of us can actually understand. Our own case is quite peculiar. In the olden days, our people used to provide shelter for strangers. This was how the issue of eke became a symbol of respect and regards here in our village", Nnanna said, grinning and shaking his head repeatedly.

"There was one certain aged widow who was said to have been driven away by her husband people. She set out on a journey, a journey she did not know where it would take her. When she got to Umuohi, Okija, she stopped and begged our people to provide a place for her to rest her feet. She was by then too tired to continue on her way.

"Our people did not only give her a place to settle down, she was also asked to remain with us. Without knowing it, our people had given shelter and hope to a woman with plenty of mysterious powers. Before the woman died she made a lot of promises to our people. In the first place she asked that her house be built by the riverside. No one knew why she made that sort of request. But then at her death she decreed that no Umuohi woman should be maltreated by her husband people. And wherever she is married to, on the first night of her arrival, a python would appear to encourage and strengthen her. To date, this situation still exists; that once an Umuohi woman is being threatened at her husband’s place, a python appears, sometimes a very big one that would frighten people out of their wits. For this reason, a lot of people are sceptical about marrying an Umuohi woman.

"The woman did not even die. She turned into eke. She lives inside the Okpu stream or if you like river, which is along Owerri-Onitsha road, Anambra state. There you can see this big python and it comes out once the sun is out to suntan. This is what it does everyday. It is so huge that a lot of people are scared of it," Nnanna stressed. "But we the Umuohi people are not," he boasted.

The python which is called eke ogwugwu-mili therefore is said to be the mother of all the pythons that litter the length and breath of Igboland. Today, anyone who kills or maims eke either knowingly or unknowingly is compelled to buy all the necessary materials with which to bury it. These range from white cloth, to coffin, kola nuts, white chalk and so on. The coffin would be placed in a conspicuous place where passers-by are wont to pay condolences and show some sign of remorse. Where one fails to bury the eke in the traditional way, more stringent punishments will be placed on him and members of his family. Sometimes he would be ostracised or banished from the land depending on the circumstances of the death of the python. Some even have small pox sickness placed on them.

It is because of all these that eke does not bite the natives of Okija and other places where these observances are made. If eke bites one by error, all it does is to hiss, and then the bite will have no effect on the person. Even then, Christians also obey the law; they too do not kill eke. Why would anyone kill it when it does not harm him? Some people would often ask. Eke is a common sight in many places in Igboland where they are at liberty to crawl without let or hindrance. There is the eke Idemili (for Idemili, river). There is also eke Ogba which is supposed to be the king of all the pythons. That one lives inside huge forests and so has no contact with human civilization.

Each area gives the eke a name according to what it does for them and the deity it represents. For some, it is eke atamili’ or eke nkwo ocha, all in the name of what place it has in their communal lifestyle and existence. Today at Umuohi, Okija, eke still remains their symbol, some kind of rallying point. And you are not expected to treat their daughters with disdain and disrespect.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=26454

missKiffy:
Bloody yeebos, if it is another tribe now they will start crying and wailing as if na them holy pass, and na them worse pass

NnamdiN:
ojoto obofia. It's sacred in my place even though I don't care about it. We don't harm or kill it, we don't worship it either. It's just culture and somehow the animals are aware,those things crawl freely without fear.
The abaliki guys that eat it might be doing it discreetly. It's not everywhere in anambra though, I've heard it's a delicacy in other parts of anambra. I know with time, most of these traditions would fade.

Do you know ojoto very well?

BabyDaddy20:
Sorry.
We don't practice such culture in Anambra state.
If you can mention 3 towns in Anambra state that practice such culture i will give him/her $500

I'm so serious.
I will transfer $500 to the person in the next 8 hours

BabyDaddy20:


You sound stupid.
The culture can only be found in ANAMBRA STATE ??
Mention only 2 towns in Anambra state that entertains such culture

kossyablaze:
Nice question...lemme explain it to u.In Igbo land,we have four market days(Eke,Orie,Afor,Nkwo) like Monday,tues,wed etc.......dats y u see names like Nwafor,Nwankwo,Nwaeke/Nweke etc meaning u r born on dat particular market day.

frenchpharaoh1:
In my own village(Onicha Igboeze in Ebonyi state) we don't kill crocodile. And it's harmless to us!! We swim with in the same river and it do rescue our people in term of flood or your boat capsize in a a place where crocodile is living.

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a lot of people are sceptical about marrying an Umuohi woman.

missKiffy:
Bloody yeebos, if it is another tribe now they will start crying and wailing as if na them holy pass, and na them worse pass

kaelz:
Thats were am from, bro, u dare nt kill it or risk d wrath of d eldas!!

BabyDaddy20:


You sound stupid.
The culture can only be found in ANAMBRA STATE ??
Mention only 2 towns in Anambra state that entertains such culture

NigAmbassador:
Such culture is found only in Amambra state. In my igbo community, we murder such evil creatures... #war_mood

Orikinla:
[size=28pt]Let us pray.
We must never idolize or worship man made deities or gods. [/size]

BabyDaddy20:
Sorry.
We don't practice such culture in Anambra state.
If you can mention 3 towns in Anambra state that practice such culture i will give him/her $500

I'm so serious.
I will transfer $500 to the person in the next 8 hours

wiseoneking:
ALL THIS PYTHON THING IS JUST IN LESS THAN 2% COMMUNITIES OF THE WHOLE OF IGBO LAND. IT IS NEITHER IN IMO, ENUGU,ABIA, EBONYI. IT IS JUST IN ANAMBRA AND MAJORLY IN TWO LOCAL GOVT OF IDEMILI AND IHIALA. THEY NEED TO DESTROY THAT FETISH CONVENANT.

BabyDaddy20:
Sorry. We don't practice such culture in Anambra state.

gommex:
Ow do corpers posted to this village manage to live wit dis irritating creatures

BabyDaddy20:


I know every town in Anambra state very very well.
I know Ojoto so well