Ch.+13+Funerals

Igbo Funeral Ceremonies By: Valerie Pardon - Igbo funerals are extremely complex - Funerals are performed 2 weeks after the person dies - You can’t announce the entry of individuals or groups-penalty #300.00 (Three Hundred Naira) - You can’t trade at funerals-penalty #100.00(One Hundred Naira) - Only one cow may be given to the bereaved family-penalty #500.00(Five Hundred Naira) - All wine and gift carrying possessions are banished-penalty #100.00 (One Hundred Nai  - Gifts per person is two cartons of beer, a few yards of cloth, and two crates of soft drinks  -If not performed after 2 weeks you get a penalty of #500.00 (Five hundred Naire)     - In funerals there is a mask kept by the oldest person in the village which is part of the funeral celebration  - Mirrors in the mask are thought to have powers that deflect evil spirits -The mirrors also represent the powerful spiritual, enforced law, order within the community, and righteous path that the dead will follow to the spirit world -Women who die in labor, people who commit suicide, and children who die before they have teeth get a ceremony of being thrown in a bush   - Igbo kill people that might be considered shameful to their tribe  - Twins are put to death   - Babies born feet first, boys with only one testicle, and lepers are all killed and their bodies are thrown away in secrecy
 * Chapter 13- pages 120-125[[image:http://www.clarku.edu/~jborgatt/discover/1amdavis/DSC00175a.JPG align="right" caption="This is the traditional Igbo mask kept by the oldest person in the village. It is part of the funeral celebration and is passed down from generation to generation."]] **

Work Citied: 1. media type="youtube" key="-PxvDFoBxTc" height="344" width="425" align="right" Davis, Amanda. "An Igbo Masquerade." Web. 30 Oct. 2009. []. 2. "Igbo Funeral Ceremony Of Oraifite." //Oraifite//. SamSCO Networks, 2001. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. []. 3. Slattery, Katharine. "Religion and the Igbo People." 15 Aug. 2001. Web. 30 Oct. 2009. [] 4. http://www.clarku.edu/~jborgatt/discover/1amdavis/DSC00175a.JPG 5. [] External link: [|http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Igbo_Peopl]

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