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As bride price is also agreed upon by the parents of the bride and it depends to a large extent, on the financial strength of the man.
Apart from the bride price, there are other things like “ozemeiyi” that is “I am attracted to her” which a certain amount of money is attached to, and “otanuvoge” that is “joining hands together”.
There is also “idoza” that is “farming price” paid to the bride’s family because Ebira people are predominantly farmers.

In the olden days when every young man had to farm, the groom and his friends appoint a day to farm for the father of the bride but these days because most young men don’t farm any longer, they pay money instead. On the day of the traditional marriage, women in the man’s family are seen singing and dancing carrying tubers of yams on their heads to the lady’s house. The singing and dancing continues at their arrival at the lady’s house where the ceremony kicks off.

Other items to be taken are cans of palm oil, groundnut oil, dried fish, some clothing materials in some boxes, jewelries and other things for adornment of the lady.
The ceremony is usually colorful with display of dances by maiden groups mostly the bride’s friends and by women groups.
A religious leader and the parents of the couple offer prayers for them to bless their marriage and a certificate is thereafter given to the couple by the religious leader to acknowledge their marriage. The lady is thereafter, escorted by her friends and other women to her husband’s house with her belongings.


References Oyikete Ebira, by S.S. Salami
NOTE : I have not been paid to write this article I found this article is very useful and published by Comrade, S.S. Salami so credits to him on this article..

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