Agboeze-Odo Traditional Igbo Marriage Ceremony: Egg-Carrying

Nwankwo, Jude
Carter-Enyi, Aaron

2019-01-04

2010-2019

Traditional marriage ceremony between Agboeze Constance and Odo Marcellus held at Obiagu Ohom Orba. This recording shows the bride and her maids (unmarried friends, sisters and cousins) dancing with baskets of cooked eggs as they present them to the groom. The eggs symbolize fertility and are later shared with the guests at the celebration.

Igbo (African people)--Social life and customs
Igbo (African people)--Rites and ceremonies
Marriage customs and rites
Music

moving image

video/mp4

born digital

African Digital Ethnography Project: University of Nigeria Nsukka Collection

0:05:54

Morehouse College

Nigeria--Enugu State

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/adept.unn:0020

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