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THE IGBO KOLA-NUT COTILEDON Gisternews The Kola-nut is very essential, fruits nut for the lgbo people generally, for traditional hospitality and the welcoming of visitors. Also traditionally for the lgbo, during the breaking of the Kola-nut in an important meeting, gathering or events, for example traditional marriage ceremony, the number o cotiledon in the particular Kola-nut, presented for prayer and blessing, has  ( meaning or message ) what it is saying for the people concerning, the meeting or such gathering, and the lgbo Kola-nut, cola acuminata ( Oji-lgbo ) is known for having many cotiledon, ( lbe-Oji or lbere-Oji ) for instance some normally come with, three cotiledon , four, five, six, seven, two and none cotiledon. So in an event's or gathering, when any of these numbers is witnessed in the breaking of the Kola-nut, presented for prayers and blessing, it has some messages or traditional interpretation, meaning attached to such number of the cotile...

       OKWA-OJI NA NDU N'DI IGBO                               Okwa-oji Gisternews Kola-nut is a very important and one of the most respected fruits among the lgbo speaking natives of Nigeria, West Africa.This particular fruits kolanut (Oji-lgbo) is adored, hornour and respected, among the lgbo people, that's traditionally, the people has a special dish (plate), designed specifically for the serving, offering, (presenting ) of kolanut to their guest, as a sign of hospitality, welcoming, embracement, peace, unity and joviality etc. This special dish (plate) for the Kola-nut presentation to a guest or groups of people, is  what is called, ''Okwa-oji Culturally, It is carved (design) from wood work, ceramics, steel materials, nowadays some people design their own Okwa-oji from precious materials, onaments and stones, but in the absence of Okwa-oji, you can use Other thing...

HOW TO PREPARE OKORO SUOP AND THE RECIPES NEEDED AFRIC RECIPE 1 Okoro Soup:  okra is a vegetable flowering fruit shrub,  botanically called Abelmosclus Esculentus (lating) or Hibiscus ecculentus,, may be because of it's flowering similarities with Hibiscus flowers, some of the European's know's it as, and, called  it  "Ladies Finger " ,  Okuru in Igbo Language, "Okwuru" by the people of  Isukwuato of Abia State Nigeria.      [Okro image: by Gisternews] Okoro has always been enjoyed from age to age all over the world. As a tropical flowering edible vegetable seed-pod crop or fruit, cultivated in Africa, South America, Asia, and now can grow all over the world, each country and people knows this Natural vegetable fruit, crop Okra with different names, and use's, it either as a food recipe, or it's other medicinal benefits, as a recipe because of it's very high quality level of nutritional benefits.But  our  focus ...

    'Ofor Holders And The lgbo Natives.                        GISTERNEWS Ofor ( ofor na ogu ) and the images that its conveys among the lgbo people of south eastern Nigeria, in the west African region. The lgbo’ traditional ‘ofor’ is gotten from a tree called Detarium Elastica, this particular tree is essential in the life of lgbo people generally, in some places in lgbo land, it is found in the village squres and communities playing grounds, where it also serves as a canopy or shades that’s protects people, from direct sunlight. it is important instrument and material of social and cultural order . It also have a material and mundane dimensions in the lgbo traditional belief system. It is called ofor by the lgbo people generally, but the tree from which this material come from is called, ‘ohoo tree’ by the people of ‘ Isukwuato ’ in Abia state, Nigeria west Africa region, this people uses the ...