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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by fratermathy(m): 12:33am On Oct 04, 2015
melzabull:
It was a sign of discontent rather.

Reason? you put word in her mouth. That is a legal cum moral offence smiley

I didn't. I only examined her intent as she did mine in my post.

In any case, people must disagree to agree. Its just a part of our warped human nature. smiley
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by melzabull(f): 12:34am On Oct 04, 2015
^^why are you two guys admiring yourselves?


Homo things! 14 years is real tongue cheesygrin

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Nobody: 12:37am On Oct 04, 2015
It does! Just stop with the argument k. Both groups borrowed things from each other, but both have also managed to carve out their own unique looks.
@tonychristopher, you are right about the famous akwete. In all, I love Igbo dressing 'cus it's just so regal and beautiful.


fratermathy:


That is the point, I never insulted the Igbo nation. Saying that their dressing/traditional system were modelled after the Edo system does not relegate their culture. It is an academic fact that the Edo empire had overarching influence in the whole of Southern Nigeria.
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Nobody: 12:37am On Oct 04, 2015
tonychristopher:


I lived in edo.. Which agenobode? Pls tell us

Agenebode is a riverport that links to Kogi.
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by melzabull(f): 12:37am On Oct 04, 2015
fratermathy:


I didn't. I only examined her intent as she did mine in my post.

In any case, people must disagree to agree. Its just a part of our warped human nature. smiley
Absolutely! ...and also take corrections and learn, like I did myself. There's something I learnt which I didn't know before.

Thanks for the beautiful thread anyways. smiley

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by tonychristopher: 12:41am On Oct 04, 2015
aim5:


Agenebode is a riverport that links to Kogi.
y to which major river and how navigable or is it a river that one uses dingy?

Just asking
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by tonychristopher: 12:43am On Oct 04, 2015
aim5:


Agenebode is a riverport that links to Kogi.
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by tonychristopher: 12:44am On Oct 04, 2015
nwanlecha:
It does! Just stop with the argument k. Both groups borrowed things from each other, but both have also managed to carve out their own unique looks.
@tonychristopher, you are right about the famous akwete. In all, I love Igbo dressing 'cus it's just so regal and beautiful.



Dalu

What irked me is saying Igbo copied from Benin monarchy
What an insult
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Nobody: 12:49am On Oct 04, 2015
tonychristopher:
y to which major river and how navigable or is it a river that one uses dingy?

Just asking

The Niger River of course.
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by tonychristopher: 12:52am On Oct 04, 2015
fratermathy:


I admire your perseverance. I still stand my ground. Although, I'll acknowledge at this point that my earlier statement that Igbo system of leadership and dressing draws from Edo system maybe hyperbolic. Nonetheless, minute traces are there!

Now you are talking nobody is denying the traces but when you said copied ...thats offensive and if you know Igbo well ...we gaurd our history and culture

I think we will be good friends

Your intelligent.. Few of your type is found in nairaland ....I must say


Every culture borrow French borrow from English Germany from Switzerland


Nobody is isolated

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by pazienza(m): 1:41am On Oct 04, 2015
Hmm, you people should take it easy on the OP, he made a mistake.
OP, simply correct the mistake, and let all parties move on.

On topic. Igbo have no single pattern of dressing. The Igbo ethnic group is made up of different tribes, and each of this tribes dress distinctively, such that it's impossible to bring out a single picture and say that that's how Igbos dress.

That picture you used to represent Igbo dressing in this thread, doesn't reflect the way most Anambra groups dress, neither does it represent how the Anioma's who wear "Akwa Ocha" dress. That your Igbo dressing picture( the Nonso diobu pic) looks like more of Ohafia/ Abriba/Bende/ Ngwa/ Aro/ Ndoki/Asa axis of Igboland dress.

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by somegirlReturns: 1:43am On Oct 04, 2015
lyntiffany:
we use beads also on our head,ankles and waist. It's popularly known as jigida hope am correct.

We as well tie 2 wrappers known as Hollanndis and scarf to go with. Don't have pictures to butress my point but your first pics and that of op says it all.

My original handle was barred and my reply to you hidden, for reasons best known to the moderator.

You are right.
We tie two wrappers, unlike SW groups.
We use beads to adorn our hair or as a headband, ankle beads and jigida- waist beads.
We also have temporary colourful face and body tatoos done for occasions - uli.

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by debinile(m): 3:34am On Oct 04, 2015
Itsekiri Dressing.

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by debinile(m): 3:38am On Oct 04, 2015
Itsekiri way of Dressing

Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Cully408(m): 5:25am On Oct 04, 2015
Proudly urhobo
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by spanishkid(m): 5:56am On Oct 04, 2015
aim5:


Esans didn't adopt anything from Ika so just stop your ignorant claims. And I don't consider the Igbo coral beads to be similar to Edo.. there's always a weak,insecure group of Igbos ruining cultural threads. It's getting real annoying.
God bless you. These igbos are a disease.
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Ihuomadinihu: 6:02am On Oct 04, 2015
spanishkid:
God bless you. These igbos are a disease.
Shut your damn mouth. So igbos should keep quiet when they are being misrepresented on nairaland? Some people lack thinking faculty!

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Ihuomadinihu: 6:08am On Oct 04, 2015
nwanlecha:
Biko all I want to correct is the false impression that head-tie which we Ndi Igbo call ichafu, is a yoruba creation. Yorubas have always been known for their aso-oke and not ichafu. The fact that yoruba women now tie ichafu which they call 'gele,' does not in any way make it a yoruba creation or part of the ancient yoruba culture. Also the yorubas certainly don't own the music industry. I don't know where the OP got such silly notion from.
@OP, instead of indulging in this unnecessary argument, don't you think it will be better for you to make the appropriate correction in your write up? Simply describe the Igbo culture without likening it to that of the Benin people, in order not to insult the sensibility of the great and unique Igbo nation.That is certainly not too much to ask is it?
Nobody invented headtie. Yorubas have their aso oke gele. Igbos have their ichafu. The silk gele or ichafu is imported from india and China and is mostly asociated with none yoruba groups. Years ago, Yoruba and Hausa ladies wouldn't touch the imported headtie not to talk of using it. These assumptions irritate me. O di egwu.

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by spanishkid(m): 6:22am On Oct 04, 2015
Ihuomadinihu:

Shut your damn mouth. So igbos should keep quiet when they are being misrepresented on nairaland? Some people lack thinking faculty!
and shut that your disease infested mouth. Thunder fire you and your entire generation. Misrepresented in what way? You guys are a nuisance and bunch of wailers. Get the Bleep off my mentions. Useless Igbo hoe.
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Ihuomadinihu: 6:27am On Oct 04, 2015
pazienza:
Hmm, you people should take it easy on the OP, he made a mistake.
OP, simply correct the mistake, and let all parties move on.

On topic. Igbo have no single pattern of dressing. The Igbo ethnic group is made up of different tribes, and each of this tribes dress distinctively, such that it's impossible to bring out a single picture and say that that's how Igbos dress.

That picture you used to represent Igbo dressing in this thread, doesn't reflect the way most Anambra groups dress, neither does it represent how the Anioma's who wear "Akwa Ocha" dress. That your Igbo dressing picture( the Nonso diobu pic) looks like more of Ohafia/ Abriba/Bende/ Ngwa/ Aro/ Ndoki/Asa axis of Igboland dress.
Yes, Mike Ezuruonye is from the Old Bende,so he dresses like them when he wants to go traditional. Being a star actor,am sure he is given the leverage to inject his style in his wardrobe. That being said,his attire does not necessarily reflect how all Igbos dress but how modern Igbos dress with the isi agu shirt,trouser and wollen cap which is substituted with red cap around the Anambra axis( without the Bende belt of course).

Other than that, throwing over a simple wrapper whether akwa ocha or george whether over the shoulder or on the waist still stands for all Igbos as the may be. As for the women, both single and double wrapper are used. If we reached back into the past,you would understand that 'Igbo fashion' was much more flamboyant and uniform than what is presented today.
So to say that Igbo dressing is modelled after Edo is a great fallacy.

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Ihuomadinihu: 6:31am On Oct 04, 2015
spanishkid:
and shut that your disease infested mouth. Thunder fire you and your entire generation. Misrepresented in what way? You guys are a nuisance and bunch of wailers. Get the Bleep off my mentions. Useless Igbo hoe.
And the same thunder wouldn't fire your entire generation? Shut the hell up,you have nothing to add. An intectual argument is going on here,get your childish tribalistic self off this thread.

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by tonychristopher: 7:18am On Oct 04, 2015
Ihuomadinihu:

Yes, Mike Ezuruonye is from the Old Bende,so he dresses like them when he wants to go traditional. Being a star actor,am sure he is given the leverage to inject his style in his wardrobe. That being said,his attire does not necessarily reflect how all Igbos dress but how modern Igbos dress with the isi agu shirt,trouser and wollen cap which is substituted with red cap around the Anambra axis( without the Bende belt of course).

Other than that, throwing over a simple wrapper whether akwa ocha or george whether over the shoulder or on the waist still stands for all Igbos as the may be. As for the women, both single and double wrapper are used. If we reached back into the past,you would understand that 'Igbo fashion' was much more flamboyant and uniform than what is presented today.
So to say that Igbo dressing is modelled after Edo is a great fallacy.

Igbo women that are married don't tie single wrapper ..theirs is a two pieces ...it is the maiden that tie single wrapper

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by tonychristopher: 7:20am On Oct 04, 2015
spanishkid:
and shut that your disease infested mouth. Thunder fire you and your entire generation. Misrepresented in what way? You guys are a nuisance and bunch of wailers. Get the Bleep off my mentions. Useless Igbo hoe.

Your just a kid...must you coment when men are talking

How old are you anyway? Pls go take your diapers

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by tonychristopher: 7:28am On Oct 04, 2015
Ihuomadinihu:

Shut your damn mouth. So igbos should keep quiet when they are being misrepresented on nairaland? Some people lack thinking faculty!

That boy is a kid


Ask him of his diapers

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by spanishkid(m): 7:33am On Oct 04, 2015
Ihuomadinihu:

And the same thunder wouldn't fire your entire generation? Shut the hell up,you have nothing to add. An intectual argument is going on here,get your childish tribalistic self off this thread.
may you die from the bullets of the Nigerian army like your forefathers did. Starvation will be your portion. And you'll run to abidjan like your coward leader did. Who's talking about intellect? Shouldn't you be out there sucking dickk or something? Hoe.
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by spanishkid(m): 7:34am On Oct 04, 2015
tonychristopher:


Your just a kid...must you coment when men are talking

How old are you anyway? Pls go take your diapers
igbo savages like you will never learn. You'll soon die. That I can assure you
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by lyntiffany(f): 7:35am On Oct 04, 2015
somegirlReturns:


My original handle was barred and my reply to you hidden, for reasons best known to the moderator.

You are right.
We tie two wrappers, unlike SW groups.
We use beads to adorn our hair or as a headband, ankle beads and jigida- waist beads.
We also have temporary colourful face and body tatoos done for occasions - uli.
yes my love this more like it........ Are you into costumes?
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by tonychristopher: 7:39am On Oct 04, 2015
spanishkid:
igbo savages like you will never learn. You'll soon die. That I can assure you

The way your papa died miserably from hate

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Ihuomadinihu: 7:42am On Oct 04, 2015
tonychristopher:


Igbo women that are married don't tie single wrapper ..theirs is a two pieces ...it is the maiden that tie single wrapper
Yes,that is why i said as the case may be, marital status inclusive.

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Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by spanishkid(m): 7:43am On Oct 04, 2015
tonychristopher:


The way your papa died miserably from hate
same way your wretched father died from the bullets of the Nigerian army.
Re: Some Nigerian Ethnic Groups And Their Dressing Styles (pictures) by Ihuomadinihu: 7:45am On Oct 04, 2015
spanishkid:
igbo savages like you will never learn. You'll soon die. That I can assure you
Where are your diapers? Can assure what? There is nothing i wouldn't see on nairaland. Free data in the wrong hands. Way too childish for a thread like this!

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