Irigwe Tribe Miango Dancers from performing their ritual dance Jos,Nigeria, Circa 1959. The Irigwe were the Only West African tribe where women marry more than one or two men. Irigwe people are ancient hospitable and friendly Bantu rigwe-speaking people of larger Benue-Congo ethnolinguistic group living in Bassa and Barakin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State and Saminaka Local Government Area in Kaduna state. The Irigwe, mostly live in Miango, Jos and Bukuru village in Bassa LGA of Plateau State. This people were famous to the anthropologist for its polyandry practice and traditional ritual dance. There are a lot of tourist attractions in the Miango village like water falls, high hills, the Miango rest house etc. IRIGWE PEOPLE: NIGERIA`S ANCIENT RITUALISTIC BANTU TRIBE THAT USED TO PRACTICE POLYANDRY Currently there are about 70,000 Irigwe people living Nigeria. As a result of Christianity and anthropologists tagging of Irigwe tribe as "primitive" and "pagan" society for practicing polyandry and the British government that kill many of it indigenes because they were threat to them, most Irigwes do not practice polyandry again.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 01:45:16 +0000
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