When OKUKO was crying kwoo kwoo and Aturu ask her the rational behind crying over spilt Milk, why crying when Kite that grabbed the Chick is high up and never known for sympathetic reversal of his Kidnap?..
OKUKO said she wasn't crying for reversal but ka Uwa nuru onu ya (So the World be her witness).
There are many wrongs Ndigbo imported and it is causing more Harm than good, also the need to be in competition with others on issues that are repulsive even to the gods has taking us to height of OGINI NA EMEZI..
Little wonder Ugoebenaja said to Akum "Stop being Omuta Ogbakaria" but does it ever stopped Akum?, such advise is like throwing Pebbles in General direction of the forest, you don't expect it to kill or tame a Game.
The issue of Extra Vargant Burial comes up again, just because WUHAN made CORONA, which I will be addressing as WC, has taught us that many burial, many Igba Nkwu, many Weddings can be done without borrowing and without impressing the Town, state and it will stand.
Before the advent of WC, a burial in Igboland is like competition, every family including those who don't even know where the next Meal will come from sold Lands, borrow heavily to bury the death.
The sudden celebrated Death may be one who died for lack of Vitamins in his or Her body, may be one who died because of abandonment, maybe one who died because instead of taking him or her to hospital, those around resorted to Local Herbs that one drink without dosage, the death may be a Victim of active Poverty... Come with me..
While the Victim were struggling to live even below Average, no relation will offer a Bowl of Beans or any Palliative, no matter the choking nature of the need for fund to manage or save that life, it is not in our bigoted nature to help, then we have million reasons why it won't be your responsibility to do such or cushion that.
Most times our availability to even respond to such calls become a rigorous nightmare, but the day the person drops death, the equation changes, you hear Idiotic appraisal like, Adi ero iro na onwu(squabbles don't extend to the demise), You will hear, let's get together and give the person a befitting burial..
That word befitting burial to one who were denied befitting life makes me to wonder if WC carries THUNDER, so I can despatch the Thunder to gbawa Mmadu afo..
We should know that once death occurred, the other things we do is irrelevant, what matters then is for the sojourner to Face Judgement or wait for judgement, that 15 Bishops with Episcopal Hats and Rings of LORDSHIP, also 30 Reverends presided, prayed over his Casket cannot change the Destination the person choose while alive.
No enchantment will ever have a say in his resting place according to our Christian believe about Heaven and Hell, it's like one who Bought Flight Ticket and Visa for UK and at the Airport he saw his friends all heading to ISREAL and he wants to change route and join his friends, that is IMPOSSIBLE, even if you are as Rich as PETER OBI, just know that the journey is mission impossible.
We imported the tradition of ASO EBI in burial, we know that ASO EBI which we corrupt as ASHEBI is core Yoroba tradition which means something to them, for them, but since we imported same into Igboland we made Extreme Mess of it.
We buy load and atrocious quantities of Abada and give to friends who has never seen even in pictures the dead person.
In burials it will be color riots and some people will say, it is colorful, making me to ask what is colorful about burial?...
Atimes you see the Decorations of the canopies, the compounds, it seems Death is inviting..
We no longer mourn the death but celebrate them at the expense of the living who goes into debt at the aftermath.
What is the need of borrowing to give a befitting waste we call burial?..
Unless the person that died dump enough money before the movement, then Eselu Enu the money and do it, then the living will enjoy his remaining Estate.
My Plea is,let's cut off Burial Coat according to our cloth and not size..
If one whose breakfast depends-- dies, just give him REST IN PEACE burial.
No need to sale things, borrow money or call Commitee of friends to donate money to bury the dead, it should be to help the living.
. I am LAST BORN MPA NNUKWU, known as Mkpisi Ndi Egede na ede with precision.
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