fastseo:


Look boy/man.. In my place when they came to marry my sister. They demand they do for my late dad first.
Do for my mother. That's where they come to buy those George that each cost 20k least and you got to buy 3 or 4.

Do for my kindred men.

Do for my umu ada

Do for my umu nna.

Each of the things on the list, for the listed trad up are not less than 50k, not to talk of 120 to 200 yams, assorted drinks, ogba that will full a basin, bags of salt, other stuff.



Say the truth. Our girls are not getting married on time it's worrisome.



One of my brother In the Lord the daughter got married last year. I was there to record the event.
What they paid is over 100k, and they were told to come to village to complete the rest which is the main one.

Don't generalized what happened in your family to be obtainable in other places.

Even in your village poor people are still marrying women or are you trying to tell us that there's no poor people in your village.

In that your family, someone can marry your sister without buying upto 120 to 200 tubers of yam and other expensive items you listed above. It all depends on how the person present himself.

Marriage lists are negotiable.

collinshush:


@ the bolded, I said I have never seen where parents refused to give their daughter out because of non fulfilment of marriage list.

My brother, all these is fairytale to me o.
I keep seeing stupid lists online with foreign materials listed there.

Imagine a marriage list without tobacco heads, Star/Golden Guinea (or close), kolanuts, e.t.c
But instead you'ld see Ecolacc boxes, carton of wines, kegs of groundnut oil and those stuffs that have no roots in our culture.
Are those people's umunna all 21st century immigrants?

I sense propaganda at major play here. One was busted not so long ago where a club of over 100 youths that had been saving since January gathered to share the stuffs they bought with the savings for Christmas. It was immediately termed igbo bride price and marketed as such on online platforms. Imagine the shock when one of the benefactors saw the article.

You want him to die Young?! You are talking as if you don't know that Village Uncles are the ones that made the term "Village People" popular. You can still escape Village People, you better Pray hard make Village Uncles no reason your matter!

DesChyko:

Your dad is late which means you should be the lead voice (or close) in your home. Doesn't look like you even asserted that authority anywhere in your narrative.

Honestly, you don't sound convincing. Even the terms you describe these rites with doesn't make you look like you're familiar with the custom rites in your village. 'They paid money for what isn't the traditional marriage, then what did you go to record? Introduction ceremony where they pay 'money'?

If you can, please mention the clan and LGA of this place. I'ld like to research and see for myself, a first hand exhorbitant 'billing'.

RealAlubarika:



I'm not an Afonja, I'm Esan Central LGA of Edo state, I won't ask cause my fiance is not from the east Okay. I still stand on my previous assertion that the marriage list is part of the bride price.

Cry me a river

We rise by lifting others

if unfortunately the marriage ends in divorce and the man goes back to collect the bride price he paid, he would be given only N200, which is the bride price. Do u understand?

CzarChris:
My brother I wonder o! My colleague in ph spent close to 5.8m on the list while paying the bride price. My guy that married an akwa ibom girl a set of sofa chairs was in the list o.
Infact, these guys are incorrigible.

they want our beautiful daughters for free, they never start

RealAlubarika:



I'm not an Afonja, I'm Esan Central LGA of Edo state, I won't ask cause my fiance is not from the east Okay. I still stand on my previous assertion that the marriage list is part of the bride price.

Cry me a river

We rise by lifting others

U can be from Asampito tribe in Mozambique, It means nothing.

U still know only 0.001% of igbo marriage culture and everything u have said about it is very stupid to my ear

Allina:
You must be very stupid. So you cannot make your point without talking to me in that manner. Bastard

Porky FooOooooOooooOOooooL, U are still doing the exact thing that brought such a reply.

Stop being an idiot and keep away from anything relating to igbo customs n traditions.

achierosion:
Oke agu, I heard you well.


Chiri efi hi gawa

Shut up.

The more u speak, the more u expose ur silly nature and ur emptiness on anything igbo.

obama30:


You'r elder bro try, I can't marry from other tribe apart from Igbo. Even if women from others tribe are free I am not interested.

I wonder why people of others tribe's are dieing to marry Igbo ladies while they hates Igbo's so much?

Vote for Igbo president they will say no, but they are interested to marry Igbo ladies to give them intelligent children's. Pay whatever the girls family request they will say no, then while having interest to take life partner among the people you hates?

Marriage from other tribes is impossible, Igbo and only Igbo is possible

you deserve a golden kiss(no homo)

Logan23:


Shut up.

The more u speak, the more u expose ur silly nature and ur emptiness on anything igbo.

Nkita kpuru ofor nna gi mana oju ikpu ya uchichi biee gi imi

Logan23:


Porky FooOooooOooooOOooooL, U are still doing the exact thing that brought such a reply.

Stop being an idiot and keep away from anything relating to igbo customs n traditions.

you are not but a mad man,go visit a psychiatrist. Bastard,ape

Logan23:


Porky FooOooooOooooOOooooL, U are still doing the exact thing that brought such a reply.

Stop being an idiot and keep away from anything relating to igbo customs n traditions.

stop disgracing your lineage on nairaland, senseless he-goat,bastard

coolangel54:
In my hometown of Amaekpu, Ohafia, brideprice is just #60. The items on the list were all monetized and beat down. My husband's people came prepared and bargained very well the items on the list and my father was very firm with his kinsmen that he isn't selling his daughter.

In all, both wedding and traditional, we didn't spend above #600,000. Dowry was paid a day before the wedding and the next day being Saturday, both ceremonies were done officially.


In all, do not generalize as tradition differs from one place to another. Secondly, if the father of the bride is the best father in the world, he won't sell off his daughter and will pre-warn his kinsmen not to over task his inlaws.



Otutuoma ndioma!

Nwanim kaa o

Kaa Sir.

I'sa lachi?

awakeuche:

Nwanim kaa o

Allina:
you are not but a mad man,go visit a psychiatrist. Bastard,ape

Lunatico

How many times u go reply the same message? Is ur madness increasing?

achierosion:
Nkita kpuru ofor nna gi mana oju ikpu ya uchichi biee gi imi

The use of google translate does not in anyway mean that u know anything about igbos or their culture...eze ndi nzuzu