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OGUGU WOMEN
Intelligent, respectful, endurance and hardworking aptly describes an Ogugu woman. Ogugu women are so hard working that is difficult to see an Ogugu woman sitting down with her hand on her laps idle. In fact most of them in the village have deal occupations like faming and trading. Day break meet the on their farm tilling and planting various crops such as maize, guinea corn, melon, yam, Cassava, beans, groundnuts and barbaranuts popularly called OKPA. And those living in the city are either a working class or business women or even engaging themselves in hand working like hair dressing, weaving, tailoring and catering service etc to ensure they don’t stay idle. In those days of our grandmothers and mothers, once a man married a woman from Ogugu, he was 99% sure of her virginity but nowadays, with the influence of western civilization and increase in immorality, the percentage has reduced. What one is sure of nowadays is the fact that once married, Ogugu girl remain faithful to their husbands till death do them part or the marriage crumbles. Adultery, to and Ogugu woman is an abomination and as a result you can never find a married woman flirting around with other men. The reason is for the fears of ancestral spirit called IBEGWU whom everybody believes punish such woman with terrible disease and even with death. The only way to escape the punishment is by early confession once the sickness starts so that they can be expiated by elders in the community or the immediate family. Failure to do that means death is certain for the woman in question. So strong is the belief of the power of the ancestral spirit that an Ogugu wife cannot give any money to her relations or carrying on any capital project like building on her own or in her father’s house without the prior knowledge of her husband any woman who try’s that will face the wrath of the ancestors (IBEGWU) without any hesitation. Another positive trait that Ogugu women possess is the ability to endure. Her second name is patience because they can beer any hardship and tolerate a lot of things while in their matrimonial homes which women from other areas cannot withstand. It’s unheard that An Ogugu woman deserted her home due to financial hardship or ill- health. When their husbands lost jobs, they simply take over the role of bread winner in the family. They do this without complaining or grumbling. They gladly feed, clothe and educate their children till when their husband financial condition improved. An Ogugu woman will never dream of using charms or love portions on her husband in order to have an edge over other wives. The presence of IBEGWU at the background has effectively put paired on that. Ogugu women obey and respect their husbands a lot, so obedient are they, that some of them handover their pay pockets to their husband on demand without a protest. The reason behind this is that a woman does not own property while they are in their matrimonial homes whatever assets they possess belong to their husbands even they labor to buy them without their husband’s financial assistance. Should they be a divorce the woman is left with only their clothes or whatever their husbands feel like given them? Fortunately, this aspect of the culture is wearing a more human face today, the younger generation women are kicking against it and the men have come to realize how selfish it is to deny woman ownership of what belongs to her. When one consider the above point one can understand the reason why marriage is very expensive. No parent would want to educate their daughter and then give her out in marriage to a man who might prevent her from assisting them and owing properties on her own. Changing this aspect of our tradition has resulted to increase in bride price to complement the money spent on education their daughter. Adejoh.agada (talk) 08:41, 31 January 2021 (UTC)