Hi everyone! Today I'm going to talk about Nigeria (It has no web site). You know that
Nigeria is the most crowded country of Africa as well as one of the most
crowded of the world. You
should be amazed to know that more than 500 languages are spoken in Nigeria
because of those sorts of people who belong to different tribes. Between these
languages, there are four regional languages recognized as official. These are
Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo and Fula. But as you already had thought, if any of them
have different languages, how they could communicate with each other? Well,
this is the reason why English is the official language! Here I leave
you some important aspects about their customs:
Food is very important in their culture. Whenever they
have guests, they offer them food because it has a fundamental role in
celebrations. It is a curious fact for occidental people that instead of using utensils
for eating, Nigerians use their hands. Although it is considered a rudeness to
eat with the left hand. They usually eat foods raised by themselves as manioc,
yam and corn. When they have to cook it, they usually make a mush made with
corn, millet and sorghum, or ragouts of meat and vegetables.
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(From left to right: manioc, yam and corn.) |
Nigerian people has a society full of sexism. Man is
considered superior than woman to the point that a man can hit a woman providing
the injury don’t be permanent. Men, they are farmers and they also go to the
market to sell their products. Women, on the other hand, should work and
provide money to their family. Although they cannot have a well-paid job or
work in a job considered “superior”.
(One of the hardest jobs women bear.)
Almost every ethnic group allowed more than one wife
to only one man. The ceremony takes place at the bride’s home and she has a
price as some kind of compensation. It is usually made by money or cattle. The great majority of women get married when they are
too young, and they often do it with men who are too old.
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There are some interesting facts about them which
probably look strange for us. Did you know that it is very common for them that
two men walk hand in hand? It is to a certain point unusual for us, but they
only think about that as two friends walking and having an enjoyable
conversation. Another aspect is that they haven’t the same concept of time than
us. For this reason they are not punctual people, sometimes they suffer great
delays.
Sources:
http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Nigeria.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria
http://geo-nigeria.blogspot.com.es/2010/07/costumbres.html
http://classroom.synonym.com/nigerian-traditions-6218.html
https://www.naij.com/309001-7-strange-traditions-in-nigeria-you-probably-never-knew.html
http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Nigeria.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria
http://geo-nigeria.blogspot.com.es/2010/07/costumbres.html
http://classroom.synonym.com/nigerian-traditions-6218.html
https://www.naij.com/309001-7-strange-traditions-in-nigeria-you-probably-never-knew.html