By Prince Kelly Udebhulu.
It is an age-long, well known and established tradition of the Esan people that our married daughters, upon demise are buried in the ancestral homestead.
Culture is constantly being modified and it is not expected to change overnight. The change must be in motion and it should be progressive. Esan culture has in-built flexibilities. Like every culture, Esan's is dynamic and admits refinement. The tradition should be changed. No question of giving out our women to men alive and receiving her corpse at the end. I am imploring my people to change that tradition. Why bring our daughters corpse to us when we gave her to the husband, body and soul?”. “What have we to do with her remains after all? Since the husband took good custody of her when she was alive, enjoyed and brought forth offspring through her during her lifetime, he should equally be able to take custody of her remains when she dies.”
Only a woman not married or properly married to a man should be brought back and buried in her father’s house. Any Esan woman that is truly and properly married according to the laws and tradition of the land should go to the husband and become his property forever. Once they are married, they are married and gone forever to their husband.
...to be continued
By Prince Kelly Udebhulu
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