Egerebite & Bibite Ceremony of Dr. Sele May. Full womanhood rites of passage in Ibani Kingdom Opobo

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:11]My name is Dei Benu William Dr. Dapa the third child of late justice and Mrs. William Dr. Dapa.

[00:00:25]I have a child whose name is Dr. Oel May we are all gathered here today because of her ceremony of BB and a great day.

[00:00:42]Dr. Cel happens to be my only daughter whom I used called the pride of my womanhood.

[00:00:55]She's the first child of my family.

[00:01:00]Dr. Came today is celebrating hya ceremony.

[00:01:08]In your ceremony, you have to go through the fattening room.

[00:01:12]And the fattening room has to do with purification.

[00:01:17]Be Friday lady. When she comes out, you see her better than what she used to be.

[00:01:25]George we call it because the edge of the judge you will see holes that's where we got the name and it is the highest rapper we have in language in language is after a day that you now go over to B and that B is called so when she's able to go over to that.

[00:01:56]That's the final stage of her ceremony.

[00:02:00]She's now authorized to tie any type of rapper she wants and no one will stop her.

[00:02:09]If you have not done all that and as a young lady or an older lady, they find you tying judge, she has a right to stop the person and seize one of her rappers.

[00:02:24]so that she has to pay fine before she can take it. It's a a culture we cherish so much and we enjoy it and with that you know that you are now a full-fledged woman by Sunday will now be known as a fullfledged woman >> and nobody can challenge her. In this Ian kingdom, we have one masquerade that is called utaria.

[00:02:57]And this utaria only flocks women that have not passed through the fattening room. Women that have not done their gra ceremony, they will flock you because you cannot tie the rapper. But if you have passed through this ceremony now that sell is passing through the masquerade can never disturb her can never molest her. These are some of the advantages of this rappers that we do tie. We uh this kind of rapper command a lot of respect.

[00:03:31]People respect you. They will not talk to you carelessly.

[00:03:35]They will know that you are now a full grown up, a full-fledged woman.

[00:03:52]I'm coming.

[00:04:04]>> My name is Peter.

[00:04:08]I'm a title citizen of Kingdom.

[00:04:11]We're here to celebrate the initiation to womanhood of Dr. Isela May a proud daughter of now celebration of womanhood started way back from Bonnie before our four beers move to settle in our current location and so it's a tradition that we've had for over a thousand years It's a lot of womanhood celebrated like you said is a big celebration.

[00:05:15]in the kingdom. The best I know is that it makes you fully um a woman. When you come out, you're respected as a full woman, not just by marriage or having children.

[00:05:46]for Calibia. It is the height of celebration of womanhood.