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Ibo Culture Comparison

Religion In the Ibo culture they practice polytheism, which is the belief in multiple Gods. some examples are the Earth god Gaea, the thunder God Amadioha, and the creator God Chineke. The Ibo believe that by worshiping these gods that things will go their way, for example they believe that is they worship the rain god they are able to make it rain. In our culture we are made up of multiple religions who worship in many different ways, an example of our many religions are Christianity, Judaism, and some practice Atheism. Language The Ibo language also known as the Kwa languages of West Africa. There are over 20 dialects of the Ibo language. The English language has over 40 dialects in over 10 ,or more countries. The Ibo language is know to have just only 8 adjectives. While the English language has hundreds of adjectives. The Ibo language is composed highly of proverbs, voice inflections, and contexts when defining a word. These 3 grammatical tools make up the language of the Ibo tribe. Adjectives, verbs, nouns,pronouns, and adverbs make up the English language. Voice inflections are modifications of pitch or tone of the voice. These two languages are both based on multiple languages from the region, where their people originated from. For the Ibo tribe ,Southern Nigeria and for the English language Western Europe.

Sport and Games Wrestling was considered a major sport by the people of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria,Africa. The igbo tribe grouped wrestling and stick fighting together as to be a similar sport.If someone participated in wrestling it meant that they usually would participate in stick fighting. It was hard for historians to find out where wrestling originally started, but the oldest record was from 2800 BC. It is one of the oldest sports to be known in the entire world. Wrestling was usually used as entertainment for people with higher classes or standards. Wrestlers were given a lot of respect for participating in that sport. Men had to show and prove that they were worthy to society by wrestling sometimes. Wrestling is a very common sport in men and young boys. Each year they hold competitions for entertainment. Schools are still trying to introduce wrestling to females, however it is not as nearly as common. Wresting was very important to the Igbo, tribe in Nigeria,Africa.

Gender roles The gender roles which play a big part in our societies differ among men and women, in the Ibo culture the women are very dehumanized such as they basically have no rights. Women are taught at a young age that they should not at all act like men they should be very feminine from everything such as their looks and their behavior, in the American culture the women have the same rights as men and our allowed to have their own personality. In the Ibo tribe it was common for men to hit women which was seen as a form of discipline, in America it is illegal to hit women even if you see it as discipline it is not allowed. In the Ibo tribe women were expected to stay home and maintain the household this includes: cleaning, cooking and watching the kids, in America women are allowed to have jobs but a lot prefer to stay back and maintain the household.

Clothing As we all know, here in America, every baby, kid, teen, and adult is dressed with common, name-brand, well known clothes. Usually being on the more expensive side. Every body dresses from head to toe wearing: socks, shoes, pants or shorts, and some type of top like a shirt or jacket. That is very normal here, but just think how taboo it would be to see someone walking down the street or eating at a restaurant wearing nothing but a simple loin cloth to cover their privates. Strange right? Well, in the Ibo culture it is absolutely fine for someone to be walking around, talking, and eating in a loin cloth! Until you are an adolescent(once you hit puberty)you simply go nude! Very, very strange in our society and culture, but for them it is very average to see. A lot of people here strive to look their best, to wear what is considered "fashion forward", and to spend time on their clothes so they can present themselves in a well manor. It takes time and money, but imagine having one or two loin clothes that will last months, completely free of charge!

References Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. New York: Anchor, 1994. Print. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_culture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart

http://www.igboguide.org/HT-chapter6.htm