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Ibo Culture Comparison

Ibo Cultural Comparison. This page will be comparing and contrasting the Ibo culture to the American culture.



The Food of Ibo

In the Ibo culture almost entirely revolves around, the consummation and production, of food. The people in the Ibo village rely on the production of vegetables. the yam is one of the vegetables that the villagers grew in the book "Things Fall apart." The first yam is always eaten by the eldest tribe member. the women of the Ibo culture are not allowed to grow yams. For the yam in the culture represents manliness. Only men are allowed to grow and harvest yams. The yam is celebrate in a week called "The New Yam Festival." In this week the yam is eaten in many different ways. The festival celebrates the harvest of the yams. There is another week that celebrates the yam and it is called the "Week Of Peace." During the week of peace the people of the Ibo are suppose to be nice to one another.They believe that if there is violence during the week of peace that it could lead to a bad planting season. The people drink palm oil wine with there neighbors to bring peace.

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