Festivals
What festival celebrates the harvest of yams in Igboland?
New Yam Festival
When do Igbo children start wearing attire?
Adolescence
True or False: woman-woman marriages were permitted and common
True
How many months are there within the Igbo calendar system?
13
Yams
When does the Ofala Festibal take place?
What color was loincloth typically?
White
How many months did the newlyweds stay at the grooms household for?
2-3 months
Name one of the four Igbo market days.
Eke, Orie, Afo, Nkwo
Why were livestock kept (besides food)?
Sacrifice
What do the Igbo people do during the New Yam Festival?
Offer the newly harvested yams to their god.
Why were loincloths the chosen form of dress?
Loincloths were suitable for Nigerian Weather
True or False: only the groom's family were the matchmakers
False- both the bride and grooms family helped matchmake
Why is a day added at the end of the last month of the Igbo calendar?
To sync the calendar with the 365 day solar cycle
Who owned land?