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Igbo culture (Igbo: Ọmenala ndị Igbo [1]) are the customs, practices and traditions of the Igbo people [2] of southeastern [3] Nigeria.It consists of ancient practices as well as new concepts added into the Igbo culture either by cultural evolution or by outside influence.
Elements of Igbo culture can still be found in these places. For example, in Jamaican Patois, the Igbo word unu, meaning "you" plural, is still used. [107] "Red Ibo" (or "red eboe") describes a black person with fair or "yellowish" skin.
The earliest found settlements in Igboland date to 900 BCE in the central area, from where the majority of the Igbo-speaking population is believed to have migrated. The northern Igbo Kingdom of Nri, which rose around the 10th century CE, is credited with the foundation of much of Igboland's culture, customs, and religious practices. It is the ...
Arts in Igboland (2 C, 1 P) C. Igbo clothing (1 P) Igbo clans (11 P) I. ... Pages in category "Igbo culture" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The New Yam Festival of the Igbo people (known as Orureshi in Idoma, or Iwa ji, Iri ji, Ike ji, or Otute depending on dialect) is an annual cultural festival by the Igbo people that is held at the end of the rainy season in early August. [1] [2] [3]
In Igboland, there are different festivities that are celebrated, but the most influential of all include the masquerade festival and the New Yam Festival. [1]Masquerades are revered as superior beings in Igbo culture.
Lacking the expansive and hierarchical as well as widespread mythology of, for example, the Yoruba, Igbo art is more localized. As such, general studies of Igbo art do not exist. [1] An added difficulty in studying Igbo art is that there is no clear consensus on who counts as being a member of the Igbo culture.
The Osu caste system is a traditional practice in Igboland, characterized by social segregation and restrictions on interaction and marriage with a group of individuals known as Osu (Igbo: outcast). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Osu individuals historically were marginalized by the Igbo deities ( Alusi ), and as a result, they are often perceived as inferior ...