The Changing Pattern Of Igbo Traditional Marriage Costumes

📄 Project Abstract

This research is made to investigate the changing patterns of the Igbo traditional marriage costume till date. From the pre- colonial period, Igbo man was known for his plethora of materials and intelligence by making good use of his brain especially in harnessing materials around him creatively to achieve various useful purposes. Observably, there might not be specifically a particular attire or costume set aside for marriage ceremonies. In other words, they made use of the available materials that was within their reach at the time and explored them into their traditional wears such as the Ufa, Ukaw and the Akwete materials .They also produced other adornments which they complimented the costumes with such as jigida, leg and wrist bracelets and beads which were mainly made of natural objects around them like animal bones and seeds from fruits, cowries and ivories. This had been the nature of the Igbo traditional costumes until the coming of civilization which led to the abandonments ...