“He Danced in Market Square”: Nigerian Family Travels Down From America, Marks Son’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony
- A young Nigerian lady has captured the moments her family members came down from America to celebrate a coming-of-age ceremony
- During the event, the celebrants and others danced with drummers making sweet music that rent the air
- Many Nigerians who watched the special video said it was beautiful as some stated that they never knew of such a ceremony
A Nigerian lady has shared a video showing the moment her family travelled from America down to their state in Nigeria to celebrate their son's Iwa akwa (coming of age) ceremony.
A separate clip she shared showed her mother dressed as if it was her wedding. Every family members were so supportive of the young man.
Source: TikTok
Man danced during coming of age ceremony
The lady revealed that the ceremony was for two days as she filmed villagers dancing and rejoicing with the young man. There were also drummers present at the occasion.
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People carried the celebrant on their necks and danced with him. All family members were also dressed in different outfits.
Watch the video below:
As of the time of writing this report, the video has gathered over 400 comments with more than 33,000 likes.
Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:
Lyna said:
"Mostly in imo state ihitte uboma obowo some parts of mbaise and mbano. It's always fun."
DiriAlig said:
"After Iwa Akwa a man is considered an adult and may now speak freely at Umunna meetings."
Floraskyforreal said:
"Iwa Akwa my brother did his this year January in Ehime Mbano in Imo state."
Mercy Immaculata said:
"Yeah my village we do this ehime mbano precisely, very fun."
miriankorie said:
"I’m from umualumaku umuonyia umueze and this means you’re my sister! Congratulations to your brother."
gakigloryntshwane said:
"African traditions are the same we also have in most part of Southern Africa."
Nu James said:
"I'm Nigerian, and I never knew thissssss."
Mother flew her kids to US
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a mother, @blackchocolatecovered, who travelled to America three years ago in search of greener pastures was able to fly her two children to join her abroad.
The mother said the process was hard, but the trouble was all worth it. A video she shared on TikTok showed the moment the little kids were at the airport and about boarding their flight.
Corps member relocated abroad
In similar news, a young Nigerian lady, @aishatwura, who served the country as a corps member under the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)'s compulsory one-year scheme for all tertiary graduates, relocated to the UK.
In a video shared on TikTok, the lady showed photos of herself dressed in her NYSC khaki uniform, as she labelled it, "to serve Nigeria with all my strength".
Source: Legit.ng
