Chapter+17


 * Chapter || Book Page numbers || Topic || Due Date Discussion || Facilitator ||
 * 17 + 18 || 148-162 || Cultural beliefs, spirits, and taboos || 1/18/09 || Pat Wilson ||
 * The god the Igbo tribe believes in is Chi.
 * The Igbo believe in Christianity.
 * Igbo believes in reincarnation.
 * The Southern Ibo  use contrasting masks to represent the maiden spirit and the elephant spirit, the latter representing ugliness and aggression and the former representing beauty and peacefulness.
 * This is the Ibo spiritual mask.
 * The masks, of wood or fabric, are employed in a variety of dramas: social satires, sacred rituals
 * The Igbo use thousands of masks, which incarnate unspecified spirits of the dead
 * This is a head dress of a traditional Igbo person.

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 * The Igbo are very appreciative of music, dance, and visual art.
 * They will try to find birthmarks on new born babies within the extended family.
 * Taboos helped reduce the abuse of environment among the tribe
 * The altar statues called //ikenga //are are sculpted from hard wood. They include a pair of horns, identified as the horns of a ram who “fights with his head."
 * Public festivals now include Christmas and Independence Day.

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