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Wednesday 25 July 2012

IRIA RITUAL


     Just got hold of this fact early this morning and I can't help but share with you all. Iria is a ritual that a girl of 17 undergoes among the Okrika tribe of the Ijaw people. It is a ''coming-of-age'' ceremony. Like many other initiation ceremonies, it involves instruction, isolation, transition and of course celebration. 
     In those days, marriage was expected to commence immediately after this ceremony but nowadays it is allowed for the lady to further her studies before marriage. But the idea still remains that after the ceremony, the woman is eligible and old enough to be married.

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