STRANGE TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE PRACTICES IN NIGERIA.


Nigeria has over 250 ethnic groups. Hence, it should not surprise anyone that among these groups, there will be some strange cultural practices associated with marriage. Most times, these practices are meant to strengthen the bond of marriage and preserve its sanctity. There are the good, the bad and the ugly. A lot of traditional marriage practices have been in existence and has led to a lot of things. Most of these traditional practices stem from the bride's side while others are from the groom's side. These traditional marriage practices are;

FLOGGING THE GROOM
This is a common marriage tradition among the Fulanis.This is a festival in which an intending young Fulani groom is flogged to prove that he’s ready to take a wife. The would-be groom will be trashed and he must show no signs of pain. Otherwise, his readiness to take up the huge responsibility of marriage will not be accepted.

MAGUN (THUNDER BOLT)
Magun is very common among the Yorubas. It is usually placed on wives by their husbands without their knowledge as a deterrent for committing adultery. And if she goes ahead with the act, her lover could end up losing his life or getting stuck while in the act.

FATTENING ROOM
This is practiced by people who hail from Calabar. The fattening room is a room where young women are kept and prepared for womanhood and marriage. Being fat is considered as a sign of good living.

SHAVING OF HAIR
A woman who just lost her Igbo husband is usually taken through some cultural rituals to prove that she played no role in the death of her husband. One of the rituals, although somewhat humiliating, is that she has to shave her hair.In some places,she is forced to be in the same room with the corpse of her dead husband for a week or more. In other places,she can be forced to drink the water that was used to wash her dead husband's body while in other places, she is forced to confess to the crime of killing her husband which she is innocent of.

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