https://africanjournals.online/index.php/JP <p>JOURNAL PAPERS</p> en-US Journal Papers https://africanjournals.online/index.php/JP/article/view/34 Outdooring describing certain ceremonial observances in Igbo land encapsulates "Iru Mgbede" (for married and marriageable nubile), "Ozo" title investiture, intra-and inter. communal wrestling contest (/gba Mgba), and ceremony of termination of confining a nursing mother for four weeks (or eight market days in Igboland). Outdooring of a nursing mother is a ceremony marking the end of the confinement of the nursing mother after twenty-eight days of fattening to regain lost flesh and energy. It is a children's celebration as children are formally invited to accompany the nursing mother to a nearby stream to mark her purification, reintegration and rejuvenation. The significance of this ceremony to the nursing mother, the community and the language or the people are highlighted. This paper purposes a save-our-culture awareness in order to extract highly edifying traditions being abandoned in print to tell visitors and scholars that we were once persons in their roots Chukwu, Ephraim (Ph.D) Okeke Anthonia Chinyere Copyright (c) 2025 2025-07-12 2025-07-12 1 1 https://africanjournals.online/index.php/JP/article/view/35 It has been observed that Awgu people living in Diaspora do not know anything about ime nnu jirite. Various titles are being taken today in Awgu lgbo culture area. Some titles are bestowed on indigenes based on their achievements while other titles are bought by individuals who want to show that they have great repute, Thus, this paper wishes to contribute original information about Awgu lgbo aspect of culture which would have died without being noticed by the younger and modern generation, The paper therefore, was to investigate the meaning of ime nnu ji rite, its stages and significance. The study is a descriptive survey design and it was carried in Awgu. The research population consists of selected Awgu indigenes who earned the titular sobriquet of "Omenyirioha", arising from ime nnu rite. The instrument for data collection was tape recorder which was used for oral interview and personal observation. The data collected were analyzed using theory of diffusion. The research found out that omenyirioha has his own Nnu ji deity-Njoku ji instituted in his barn during the ceremony, Unlike other titles taken in Awgu, it is only Nnu ji that shows the holder's prowess. After the harvesting of yams each year, he is expected to share yams with widows and the destitute. During planting season, he will have many young men coming to him for seed yam. The conclusion shows that Ime nnu ji title taking should be encouraged by Awgu community and the Igbo nation at large because it sets a man out as hardworking, trustworthy, and morally sound. Ephraim-Chukwu, Anthonia Chinyere Copyright (c) 2025 Journal Papers 2025-07-12 2025-07-12 1 1 https://africanjournals.online/index.php/JP/article/view/37 Nchọcha a na-atụle mpụtara aha otutu ụmụ nwoke na nsirihụ ndị Igbo n’usoro amụmamụ asụsụ ncheke. Asụsụ ncheke bụ amụmamụ e kepụtara ọhụrụ ji nghota amụ asụsụ Aha otutu n’aka nke ọzọ pụtara aha mmadụ riiri onwe ya site n’echichi maọbụ nke ndị nwe mmadụ rinyere ya dị ka ha siri hụta onye ahụ. Ụfọdụ ebumnobi nchọcha a bụ ịnye nkọwa aha otutu, ịchọpụta ụdị aha otutu ụmụ nwoke dị iche iche, echiche dị n’aha otutu ndị ahụ na otu ha siri nweta maọbụ rie aha otutu ahụ. Nchọcha a bụ nke a gbasoro usoro nnyocha mee n’okpuru ọchịchị Idemili nọt na saụt dị na Steeti Anambara. A gbara ụfọdụ ndị mmadụ ajụjụ ọnụ ma tulekwa ihe ndị e dere n’ụdị isi okwu a maka nkwado ihe a na-ede. Atụtụ nchọcha bụ atụtụ ndịna ncheke nke Lakoff na Johnson (1980) na atụtụ Njirimee nke Wittgenstein (1953). Ụfọdụ ihe a chọpụtara na ngwụcha ihe ọmụmụ a bụ na aha otutu ụmụ nwoke na-aza dị ọtụtụ, ụfọdụ aha ka ha riiri maọbụ zaara onwe ha site n’echichi, ụfọdụ bụrụ nke ndị nwe onye ahụ riwere ya dị ka ndụ ya siri dị. Ọzọ bụ na aha otutu ndị a niile na-enwe echiche na nghọta so ya. A chọpụtakwara na aha otutu na-enye aka ịchịkwa akparamagwa mmadụ tụmadụ ndị e riri site ka ndụ onye ahụ na-ebi siri dị.Nchọcha a na-atụ arọ ka ụmụ nwoke ruru ihe e ji mmadụ eme gaa n’ihu na-aza aha otutu dị mma maka nchekwe akparamagwa dị na ya. Florence Uju Ibeh, Ph.D. Copyright (c) 2025 2025-10-09 2025-10-09 1 1 1 12