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NIGERIA TO THE WORLD: The Fierce Colours Of The Andoni Tribe




The Obolo people also known as Andoni or Doni, is a multi-ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Obolo people are mostly found in Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State. Their homeland is largely riverine—made up of creeks, islands, and coastal settlements.

The Andoni people speak Obolo language that combines Efik, Ibibio, Oron, and Ijaw dialects. Known for their deep cultural lifestyle, the Adonis are believed by some to be the fiercest warriors in the Niger Delta.


Their festivals includes the annual fishing festival Ijok-Irin,the Nwantam masquerade, celebrated every 1 January.

Traditional meals include fisherman soup, ukpo soup (black soup) and onunu(pounded yam/plaintain). It is also rich with seafood like fish, prawns, crabs, periwinkles, smoked or fresh fish.


Andoni traditional marriage is usually colorful with beautiful cultural displays such as the Nsaibana Dance, also known as the maiden dance. Firstly the ladies will dance out on their own to meet the groom demanding for transportation fare for the bride in other for her to come out. After the payment has been made, she is then escorted to her seat.

Another ritual carried out during the ceremony, involves the bride carrying palm wine amidst the crowd in search of her husband to be, she presents the wine for her husband to drink while on her kneels. After drinking, he stuffs the cup with money and gives it back to the bride who then takes both the cup and the groom to her father for blessing.

The bride is usually required to have two or more outing. The first attire for the bride is called Uwo-Ekut and this means “house of wrapper”, she is adorned with several wrappers, a blouse, Aaklari round her neck and edim on her left hand. The second outfit is usually simple; in involves the tying of two wrapper of her choice, either George, single, or English wrapper, with lace.


The groom puts on a long sleeve shirt, usually called “Atibo”. It is worn with a long piece of wrapper tied from the waist to the ankle, and some, hung over a shoulder, with Aaklari, and a walking stick, and in some cases with a black hat.

 

The Andonis are a very vibrant and powerful tribe, known for their combination of fishing, farming and hunting as a way of life.


 



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