Abo ajefyi means Menstruation in Gbagyi ;A tribe in Central Nigeria. These tribe celebrate first Menstruation in young girls.In these celebration Older female relatives will bath the young girls with herbs and water cooked and gotten from a traditional pot ,dress them up and also put the girls through what is expected and to do growing up as a woman according to their culture.
Gbagyi traditions emphasis that a woman seeing abo ajefyi ( Menstruation) should not make food for the family or anyone to eat .I was told it's a taboo with huge sacred consequences .
The question is should culture be reference in growth and development?We had traditions before civilization. Uhm!!! What’s the way forward?
Do we need to convince a young girl from Gbagyi ,a tribe in Central Nigeria that she doesn't need the traditional rituals growing up. How safe is this for her ?
I am still thinking 🤔
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