There has been a general outcry over the Igbo values and personality over the year following the negative conduct and behaviours of some Igbos all over the world, particularly with materialistic tendencies and self-centeredness. This value system and personality change was attributed to the negative impact of Eurocentric concept which places more importance on individualism over community interest.
Culture
Oge Akwu is an Igbo native stew served with white Rice and boiled Yam and enjoyed by Ndigbo at home and abroad. It is traditionally prepared with fresh palm nuts and others use tin processed palm nuts.
A certain blind man was in a town when a great famine befell him.
Marriage is a condition where a man and a woman are traditionally or legally united for the purpose of being together. In traditional igbo society, it is not just a union between the prospective husband and wife but a long lasting relationship that unites siblings; families included extended families, kindred’s, villages, towns’ etc. This is justified by the saying “ofu onye adighi alu nwanyi.
Complex stories and situations are concentrated in a few words and phrases which capture and retain the essential meaning of the experiences from which they derive in Ilu Igbo, hence, the use of Igbo proverbs (ilu), parables (ukabuilu) and idioms (akpaalaokwu), in every traditional setting has elevated the language to the status of a living art of popular communication.
Nri is the originator and bestower of Nze na Ozo in Igbo land. Eri, the progenitor of Nri bigoted the Nze na Ozo title to his son Nri, who in turn bestowed the title to Ndigbo. Nze na Ozo title is a very rigorous exercise, which culminates in the holder becoming Ichi Ukwu.
Ndigbo have a unique and rich cultural heritage that is the envy of others. Igbo culture. Traditionally, the attire of the Igbo generally consisted of little clothing as the purpose of clothing then was to conceal private parts, although elders were fully clothed.
African Traditional Religion was the indigenous religion of the people before the advent of Christianity. Igbo people believed in the existence of a Supreme Being ‘Chukwu’ (Almighty God) or ‘Chineke’ (God the Creator). There is also the belief that one is guided by his personal god ‘Chi’ who determines the fate of man.
Culture includes the various customs, practices and traditions of a people, including ancient practices and modern concepts added either through evolution or outside influences. Hence culture survival depends largely on the people’s capacity and ability to learn and transmit its culture to succeeding generations