IBO TRIBE

Clothing, Food, Funeral

Destiny, Maurice, Angel

CLOTHING

For Everyday use man wear cotton wrapper a shirt and

sandals

Women wear wraps for both informal and formal

occasions

Formal clothing for Men are long shirts often decorated

with tweaks and embroidery

Women wear a hair tie and rectangular piece of cloth that

can be wore different ways

EXAMPLES OF CLOTHING

She wore a coiffure which was done up into a crest

in the middle of the head

She wore a black necklace which hang down in

three coils just above her full succulent breasts

FOOD

Nigerian chophouses typically list a number of soups

with meat or fish ingredients with pound yams, ebo,

semouita or jollof rice

Osbono soup draw based on ogbono pods.

Vegetable soup, Meat, Goat, Turkey, Dry Fish, stock fish

Okro soup, yellollowish soup made out of sliced okro

pods

EXAMPLES OF FOOD

Chapter 5 page 36: “The feast of New Yam was

approaching and Umofia was in a festival mood”.

FUNERAL CEREMONIES

Ibo tribes performs intricate burials and funeral

ceremonies

Cheifs funeral ceremonies are very bloody

Cheifs family washes his body directly in the death

chamber not in a special wash room. Body on (ojo) and

covers it(material) Symbolizing rebirth

After the ritual there are sacrifices the children must do

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IBO && US

Ibo’s During Funerals they have to sacrifice different things

because they believe that they find the gate during this process.

And during a funeral we speak on the behalf of that person and

all the good memories we shared along with the person.

Ibo’s Clothing during different occasions are always there

everyday wear. On the other hand we dress up formal and

presentable.

Ibo’s Food during different occasions they eat soup, goats,

yams. While we eat at fast restaurants, baked foods, salads,

McDonalds Burgers && Fries, ect.

SIMILARIT IES BETWEEN IBO && US

We play music, dance, eat food at different

occasions

We have ceremonies for different events

We both are known to be cultural && traditional

QUESTION

Would you want to

live over in Nigeria with

the Ibo Tribe? Explain