The certificate you see there was given by CAC for the registration of a personal business name and not for the Yala People. Stop spreading false information to the fragile youths.
Because i have taught some people about this before and another argument is arising ignorantly, I must confess that I am compelled to address the blatant disrespect and ignorance displayed by some individuals who claim that the Ebira Cultural Attire, specifically the itinochi, itokwete, or itinoguntoro, was registered in Yala. I am want to put the argument straight!
Who registers cultural attire of a people? Is it not a clear case of cultural misappropriation? The certificate in question is not for the Yala People, but rather a business registration certificate from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to lylys Arena, dated 2021.
I question the motives of those who claim to believe that cultural attire can be registered. What is the meaning of patent, and how does it apply to cultural heritage? Why haven’t you taken steps to stop the Ebira People, the original owners of the Ebira Cultural Attire, from producing and using their itinochi?
Your inability to conduct the sub quashoic ceremony of the Ebira Cultural Attire in Abuja is a clear indication of your fear of being intimidated by the Ebira People, tomb up if it’s a lie. Who is deceiving who?
To those who have been paid or hired to defend this certificate trying to convince people that’s it’s for the Yala People, I ask: what is your motive? Who is your teddy? Where have you seen a cultural attire being registered? The intimidation of the registration was on until we got to discover this certificate, we are still waiting for the certificate of registration up till today. Do You think that are dealing with a passerby in Education or civilization?
The social penalty of not wearing your cultural attire is a loss of identity and cultural heritage. It’s appalling that some of you have never made a point since the misappropriation of cultural attire began in Yala rather you have be hiding and being neither here nor there.
Today, because the Yala Local Government Chairman was lured into using the Ebira Cultural Attire, some of you now have the audacity to talk in support of those who seek to damage the tradition of the Yala People. Some also now have the immunity to post old pictures of them in itinochi , you see the level of ignorance.
The black and white colors of the Yala People, which represent the traditional colors of the Yala People, were disrespected and replaced with the Ebira Cultural Attire. How do you justify this clash?
The whole world knows that the attire in question is the Itokwete, itinochi, Itinoguntoro of the Ebira People. Your tetra-headed definitions and confusing language will not change the fact that this is a stolen cultural attire.
I urge you to respect the prestigious cultural attire of the Yala Ode Idoma People and stop using disrespectful languages on our Ode Idoma Cultural Attire. Come home to Yala and learn about your own cultural heritage! It is not all about making noise from outside the home .
Agbo Onyeche Ogbeche ( Õtiyinü ërõr êh tāpiōñï) of Okuku Yala.
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