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Evidence โก๏ธ retweeted
Must everything be copied?
What troubles me isn't only the borrowing. It's what's being lost on both sides. Every culture has their own rich traditions and their own ways of leading a wedding ceremony.
Each time you swap something out, you are erasing your culture with your own hands. From Gรจlรจ to รฌpรจlรฉ, abแบนฬbแบนฬ, irรนkแบนฬrแบนฬ, now Alรกga and รdแปฬbรกlแบนฬ. Where does it really end?
And instead of crediting the source, the next step is always co-ownership. โWe call it this in our own language, you didnโt invent MCโ.
In another generation, these wedding videos will be held up as proof by your children claiming youโve never been to Lagos.
Putting this out now that Alรกga is a Yorรนbรก institution and practice. The Alรกga รdรบrรณ and Alรกga รjรณkรฒรณ guide the ceremony in our language, proverbs and protocol. It isn't a generic wedding MC role. We donโt want to hear stories later. Thanks.
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From c.1300 Yoruba & From c.2026 Yoruba
Lol..I will show you yoruba sculpture with gele, will you show me ibo sculpture with ichafu? @theOlaBola can you help me with the yoruba sculpture with gele..thanks
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An Ika woman stood up and made her position clear: โWE ARE IKAS! WE ARE NOT IBOS!โ
Nigeria needs peace, mutual respect, and recognition of the identities of its many ethnic groups. Nobody should have to fight to preserve their own name, history, language, and cultural identity.
When some people are busy claiming Yorubaland, others are arguing over the identity and heritage of the Ika people. This constant struggle over who belongs to whom only creates unnecessary tension and division.
The Ika people have their own history, cultural identity, and traditions. Their identity deserves to be heard and respected, not dictated to them by outsiders.
Nigeria is a multiethnic country, not the property of any single ethnic group.
Whether Yoruba, Ika, Ibo, Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri, or any other people, every community deserves the freedom to preserve its heritage and determine how it identifies itself.
We cannot preach unity while disrespecting the identities of others. Unity must be built on mutual respect, not ethnic domination.
Let the Ika people speak for the Ika people. Let the Yoruba speak for the Yoruba. Let every community's history be examined honestly, without forcing political or ethnic narratives onto others.
Nigeria needs peace. Respect other people's lands, histories, and identities. ๐ณ๐ฌ
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Did I not tell you that by the time this restructuring is over the real igbos will find themselves isolated and alone in their region while the "fake Igbos" will maintain their land, territory, culture, identity and language.
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Everybody just rejecting this flat head region people, nobody wants to associate themselves with the ibo criminal DNA people ๐ญ
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The Journal of Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Research in Art Education (1983โ1990) depicts a traditional Ibo woman wearing a bandana (ichafo). When did the Ibo ichafo/ichafu become associated with a voluminous, elaborate headdress like the Gele? When did this change occur? ๐ค
Evidence โก๏ธ retweeted
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ-๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ โ๐ขฬ๐ธ๐ฬ๐ธ๐ฬโ & ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ
About ๐ญ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ years ago, Yorรนbรก women gracefully rocked their beaded ๐ฬฃ๐ฬ๐ธ๐ฬ, or ๐ฎฬ๐ท๐ฒฬฃฬ๐ด๐ต๐ฒฬฃฬ, also casually called ๐ฎฬ๐ฑ๐ฒฬ (and ?now? called ๐ผฬ๐ธ๐ฬ๐ธ๐ฬ by the Binis).
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ญ shows a beaded ๐ฬฃ๐ฬ๐ธ๐ฬ hairstyle or ๐ฎฬ๐ท๐ฒฬฃฬ๐ด๐ต๐ฒฬฃฬ, (aka. ๐ผฬ๐ธ๐ฬ๐ธ๐ฬ by the Binis) excavated from รwรฌnrรฌn-Grove, Ifแบนฬ. This terracotta dates to circa ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐.
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๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ shows two (2) broken fragments of same hairstyle. The fragment above broke off from the ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ญ terracotta, while the one below is from a different terracotta altogetherโbut also from Ifแบนฬ.
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๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ shows Yoruba lady from แปฬwแปฬ, ca. ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐.
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๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ shows แบธdo lady from Benin, circa ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐.
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The base-model of this hairstyle (๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐), consists of the hair packed-up into a high cone-frustum shaped tuft at the top of the head; and with this (โcone-frustumโ-shaped) tuft encircled/banded by strings of beads โ just as is seen in ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ญ, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฎ, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฏ, and ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฐ.
The earliest archaeological proof (of any type) for this hairstyle comes from Ifแบนฬ, Yorubaland, c.๐ญ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ.
แบธ bo ko lแป far ๐ Cheersโผ๏ธ๐ฅ
Talking about classic Yorรนbรก womenโs hairstyles:
Have you ever wondered where the hairstyle here (๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ญ, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฎ, & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฏโ๐ ?๐๐ฎ๐ฝ) originated from? The answer to this crucial question follows this post (๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ๐) in due course. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ง๐ผ ๐จ๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธโผ๏ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ!!๐ค๐พ
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๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ญ:= แปฬwแปฬ Woman (Yorรนbรก)
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฎ:= Bini/แบธdo Woman (Bini/แบธdo)
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฏ:= Bini/แบธdo Bride (Non-Nigerian)
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฐ:= European-style crown (๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต shown)
Notice how the ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฏ style is relatively modern and modified to follow the general appearance of colonial European-style crowns, e.g. the Britishโs.
๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒโผ๏ธ๐ค๐พ Cheers!๐ฅ
Evidence โก๏ธ retweeted
Yoruba High Priestess and Artist, Susanne Wenger (July 4, 1915 โ January 12, 2009), also known as Adunni Oloriแนฃa, in a studio with her adopted children, Oแนฃogbo, 1964.
Wenger lived in a three-storey residence in Osogbo originally leased by her first husband, Ulli Beier. Then, they got divorced.
She then got married to a local drummer, Lasisi Ayansola Onilu, who, in 1965, moved in with her in the same house, on the first floor, while her former husband, Beier, lived on the second floor.
In 2005, President Olusegun Obasanjo honoured her with the national award of the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR).
Susanne Wenger died in Oแนฃogbo on January 12, 2009. She was 93. #HistoryVille
Evidence โก๏ธ retweeted
IGBO VS IGBO: Ebonyi must go, Abakaliki must go, Abakaliki go: "Abakaliki Must Go" -
Anambra Women Stage Heavy Protest Against Ebonyi people, asking them to leave Anambra and go back to Ebonyi
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Evidence โก๏ธ retweeted
๐ The Lagos Gele Festival is here! ๐ณ๐ฌ
Bring Your GELE out and lets
Celebrating our Yoruba heritage, culture, and crown!
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November 8, 2026 | โฐ 5 PM
๐ Eko Amore Garden, Lagos
Come crowned. Come proud! โจ
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IT'S OFFICIAL! LAGOS, GET READY! ๐
Months ago, a passionate son of Lagos wrote to us about the gele. He asked that it be honoured, protected, and given its rightful place on the Lagos calendar.
We listened. We affirmed. And today, we deliver.
The Lagos Gele Festival is here! ๐ณ๐ฌ
The gele is not just a headtie. It is a crown. It is Yoruba. It is ours. Born of our mothers, perfected by our artisans, worn across the world, and recognized everywhere as a symbol of who we are.
This festival will celebrate the stylists, the fabric makers, the tiers, the photographers, and the generations of women who carried this tradition on their heads and in their hearts.
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Sunday, November 8, 2026
โฐ 5:00pm
๐ Eko Amore Garden, Lagos
Come crowned. Come proud. Come ready.
This festival belongs to all of us.
Lagosians and lovers of Lagos, your ideas and input are welcome. Tell us how you want the Gele celebrated. Brands and partners who share this vision, walk with us.
For partnerships and enquiries:
๐+234 816 927 2885, +234ย 906ย 000ย 3431
One City! One Culture! Tie It High. The World Is Watching Lagos! ๐
Lagos, let's show the world why EKO FOR SHOW!
#IdrisConnect #LagosGeleFestival
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Ahhhhhhh ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Ebami wa award ๐ฅ fun baby yiii ๐คญ๐น๐ค๐๐ฝ
Evidence โก๏ธ retweeted
I hope those producing fake drugs are seeing the effect of their products. NAFDAC please go very hard on these people we can't continue like this.
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Obidients and embezzlement are 5&6! ๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐
Okafor Kingsley aka Emir Sirdam (@emirsirdam), who runs Parallel Facts, is facing embezzlement allegations from Jimmy (@diisa2002) and Empress (@cessadelove1).
The same people who are always preaching accountability and pointing fingers at others. Now, serious allegations are flying around their own camp.
Make una explain this one first! ๐
Evidence โก๏ธ retweeted
The Obidient movement has been divided into two groups from the onset: the fraudsters and the bigots. Some are both.
Okafor Kingsley "emirsirdam" is one of them. He runs Parallel Facts, a bigoted, agenda-pushing rag, and has been accused of embezzling millions of naira.
Evidence โก๏ธ retweeted
โImagine say Biafra come work, them go produces fake things full everywhere and everybody go just die for that ibo landโ
He added, โThese people no dey care about person, all those caught from Sokoto, Lagos, Onitsha and everywhere producing fake drinks are all ibos and those suffering from kidney diseases the most are ibos.โ
โA Nigerian man says