The family members even try not to listen to any music or allow themselves any kind of entertainment after that. Women (the elder generations) wear black if I am not mistaken for at least 40 days, or even a year, or more.
Extremist behavior 😂….
We are only sad and don’t celebrate when the death is premature. In some cultures here, wives of deceased have to scrape off their hair. In mine, it is optional for anyone who wishes to honor the dead.
Yes, the maggots are very tasty. A most sort after delicacy even. People who travel to these riverine settlements travel with these maggots in mind. They can be found in fallen palm trees. They are commonly called Bayelsa suya(suya means bbq), Bayelsa is the name of my state. It is very commonly eaten😁
And yeah, those are traditional attires. People wear them to church, traditional occasions, weddings. Where I’m from, people have traditional and church weddings, where in the traditional one, the bride is adorned in a similar but more glorious attire. That headtie is a trademark attire of the Izon tribe.
Sorry about the title, I had assumed it to be a prompt. This is literally the only community I write in since it’s music related and I’m not much of a writer, so I’ve treated your post as a prompt here. I have taken note of the error though.
Yes, you are right, that behaviour is more marked if the death is unexpected. Well, no death is expected.
Maggots as a delicacy. I imagine they are, it is just that we are not used to consuming it, but I truly believe if someone travels to those settlements, all the specialities should be tried. It is an experience!
I have learned so much from your post, as I said it showed a completely different scenery so once again, thank you a lot!
Title of post - thank you for acting so quickly and changing it :)
And I am so glad you found a good home in this community, I hope at least that you feel welcome. We try to save it as a place for exactly this type of posts, containing a personal story connected to music. We hope we will slowly bring more prompts and challenges and all :)))