Marriage Customs in the Nigerian Culture By: Megan Slabicki.

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Marriage Customs in the Nigerian Culture By: Megan Slabicki

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Marriage Customs in the Nigerian

CultureBy: Megan Slabicki

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Polygamy

• Polyandry is taboo

• More wives means greater wealth• Able to supply

• Able to support

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Choosing a Wife

• From another village

• 3 ways• Arranged before birth

• Relatives could choose during childhood

• Man and woman can choose

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Male Maturity

• Not liking childhood stories

• Preferring not to clean or cook

• Taking bigger risks

• Spending time with father and elders

• No childhood perks

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The First Step

• Family friend knocks on female’s door

• Presents kola nuts and palm wine

• Intermediary proposes

• Family gives answer

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The Inquiry

• Family, friends, and gods are consulted• Genealogy

• Social standing

• Medical histories

• Family history

• Continues through entire marriage process

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The Probation

• Groom proves his family worthy

• Bride lives with groom’s family

• Bride given tasks by mother-in-law

• Returns with gifts if she passes

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Bride Price

• Groom’s family goes to bride’s family

• Not too high

• Gift for raising a beautiful daughter

• Usually money, branches, and goats

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Marriage

• Considered married upon payment

• Large feast in bride’s compound

• 70-100 people

• Couple dance and guests throw money

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Christianity

• Formal ceremony

• Bride dances in followed by single female friends

• Guests bless her by throwing money

• Large feast after ceremony

• Includes entire village

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Living Situation

• Man lives in Obi

• Women live in huts on land• Children stay with birth mothers

• Men do not stay with women

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Food

• Women made food

• Father first to eat

• Children helped in fields

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First Wife

• Oldest

• Gets something first when offered

• Wears an anklet for husband’s titles

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Bearing Children

• Man sleeps with women in their respective huts

• Males preferred

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Works Cited

• "Ibo Marriage and Courtship." Ibo Marriage and Courtship. N.p., n.d. Web.

• "Marriage and Family Structure - Things Fall Apart." Marriage and Family Structure - Things Fall Apart. N.p., n.d. Web

• "Things Fall Apart Project." Search Results -. N.p., n.d. Web.

• "Traditional Family Ceremonies." Igbo Family Ceremonies and Traditions. N.p., n.d. Web.