A WAlk AROUND CULTURE

LET'S TAKE A WALK AROUND ARE CROSS -CULTURE THE HERITAGE OF IKOT OKO, IN ESSIEN UDIM AKWAIBOM STATE OF NIGERIA.

Culture is a way of live, how a group of people derived reason to do things Which unites the people i and creates opportunity for them to feel what affects each other. That is why African is always valuable mentioned in cultural reason. A better way to picture how culture unites people is the Ikot Oko, Okon, Village in the Essien Udim Local AkwaIbom State of Nigeria.

The people are endowed with so much believe in their Culture and one of these belief is the god's and the worship they call' Isoh Udok'

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Isoh Udok is believed by this people and a god they have being worshiping for more as long as the Community has existed among humanity. To them, there is nothing that gratify Joy in their Unity as the annual Female and male dancing ceremony every Seven Market days of the Christmas seasons. The dancing ceremony is called _ Unlike Mbopo" This is always done in the shrine, a place of worship and where best to glorify the Isoh Udok.

Many years a go this god has healed children from many infectious illnesses, including leprosy, and living these dwellers in a total immersive worship, of this god. The female god's is called by many Eka Mbom. During the crisis time of Ikot oko Okon, many women died living their children behind, and it is said that Isoh Udok, always avail herself to breastfeed these children.

Isoh Udok, lost her arms in a sacrifice of carrying too many children to the shrine for keeping. The horn on her forehead, grew as a result of many men who flung in the shrine touching her head for their protection and those whom were half deaths to regain Life.

This is to say that culture is people's belief, but the questions are, if this happened and people got healed and still getting healed by this , then what does it mean to Christian, should, will not worship and love our culture and respect our Nature, and what is Christianity going to say about cross-Cultural way of people, and what will culture say about this?

As a tourist and Journalist, we are ethical values for Judgement, but if one's belief is genuine about them and things of these mighty things are still happening in this community, then should we look at people as their they are their own self problem, to the reason of cultural and a religious misconception?

Ikot Oko Okon, love these here tag let take a look at the dancing steps in that is mostly gratifying in the ceremony process, call Unke Mopo,. It is usually danced by the younger men and women in the community, who are dressed in a very extraordinary manners.
These people believe that for the god's to quickly accept their gratitude and dancing, they most appear robbing a white clay on their bodies.

This white clay symbolizes the purity just as the Christian body takes the common, that is not to imply that I am equating both but that is the belief of their culture and heritage from birth.

The Ukne Nse is only a dancing steps perform by men, they resilent voice hymns at the background, honestly, it is full of fun of a Culture of people. This people are blessed but what surprised me the more or everyone is how they have managed to maintain this Culture to this recent time.

Let's value are culture, traditional, our pride, as it is said, when you don't know your Culture, you don't know who you are…. See you on the next segment of this tourist.
ESSIEN UDIM AKWAIBOM STATE NIGERIA.

Culture is a way of live, how a group of people derived reason to do things Which unites the people i and creates opportunity for them to feel what affects each other. That is why African is always valuable mentioned in cultural reason. A better way to picture how culture unites people is the Ikot Oko, , Village in the Essien Udim Local AkwaIbom State of Nigeria.

The people are endowed with so much believe in their Culture and one of these belief is the god's and the worship they call' Isoh Udok

Here's a photo of Isoh Udok

Isoh Udok is believed by this people and a god they have being worshiping for more as long as the Community has existed among humanity. To them, there is nothing that gratify Joy in their Unity as the annual Female and male dancing ceremony every Seven Market days of the Christmas seasons. The dancing ceremony is called _ Unlike Mbopo" This is always done in the shrine, a place of worship and where best to glorify the Isoh Udok.

Many years a go this god has healed children from many infectious illnesses, including leprosy, and living these dwellers in a total immersive worship, of this god. The female god's is called by many Eka Mbom. During the crisis time of Ikot oko Okon, many women died living their children behind, and it is said that Isoh Udok, always avail herself to breastfeed these children.

Isoh Udok, lost her arms in a sacrifice of carrying too many children to the shrine for keeping. The horn on her forehead, grew as a result of many men who flung in the shrine touching her head for their protection and those whom were half deaths to regain Life.

This is to say that culture is people's belief, but the questions are, if this happened and people got healed and still getting healed by this , then what does it mean to Christian, should, will not worship and love our culture and respect our Nature, and what is Christianity going to say about cross-Cultural way of people, and what will culture say about this?

As a tourist and Journalist, we are ethical values for Judgement, but if one's belief is genuine about them and things of these mighty things are still happening in this community, then should we look at people as their they are their own self problem, to the reason of cultural and a religious misconception?

Ikot Oko Okon, love these here tag let take a look at the dancing steps in that is mostly gratifying in the ceremony process, call Unke Mopo,. It is usually danced by the younger men and women in the community, who are dressed in a very extraordinary manners.
These people believe that for the god's to quickly accept their gratitude and dancing, they most appear robbing a white clay on their bodies.

This white clay symbolizes the purity just as the Christian body takes the common, that is not to imply that I am equating both but that is the belief of their culture and heritage from birth.

The Ukne Nse is only a dancing steps perform by men, they resilent voice hymns at the background, honestly, it is full of fun of a Culture of people. This people are blessed but what surprised me the more or everyone is how they have managed to maintain this Culture to this recent time.

Let's value are culture, traditional, our pride, as it is said, when you don't know your Culture, you don't know who you are…. See you on the next segment of this tourist.