Here are photos from the virgin girl ceremony held in Ogu town, Rivers state on Saturday, December 3. Iria ceremony is a Wakirike tradition where a teenager must go through before giving out for marriage.
According to reports, the tradition has been practiced ever since, before ever a girl child is given out, this is a task that her parents will do then as a grown-up girl, she can then be free for any man to have her in marriage. The Chiefs will bless them and give them gift during this event for encouragement
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They elders critically screened the girls as culture demands; the correct traditional dressing, moving style in steps, height, skin appearance, hair style etc… but be in line with the tradition.
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