The traditional marriage rite in Eggon land of Nasarawa State has been unified with dowry fixed at ₦5,000 maximum and four and the half basins of Ebyekpyen, the Eggon traditional council, ratified on Saturday at the palace of the Aren Eggon in Nassarawa Eggon.
According to an official document signed by the Chairman of the council, HRH Justice Ahmed Ubangari Alaku(rtd), a basin of the Ebyekpyen with one goat, 2 crates of soft drink and a crate of beer(optional) is for the bride’s father; a basin of Ebyekpyen with two chicken and two crates of soft drink for bride’s mother; one basin of Ebyekpyen with one chicken and a crate of soft drink for the bride; a half basin of Ebyekpyen with one chicken for the intermediary and one basin of Ebyekpyen with one goat, one crate of soft drink and a crate of beer(optional) for the maternal uncles of the bride.
These four(4) and the half basins of the Ebyekpyen for the main food should be well dressed in rich sauce of black beniseed and red oil accompanied with four(4) litres of palm oil.
Other items include one bad of guinea corn to be processed into alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks should be presented a week before the fixed date of the traditional marriage, two basins of corn flour two weeks before the ceremony, one pick up of firewood, one big love goat, five live chickens, four litres of palm oil, four mudu of beniseed, three packs of maggi cubes, 30 pieces of local seasoning(Dadawa), four mudu of dried Okra, two packs of salt, small basket of onions, small carton of fish, small rubber of Ekmo, five mudu of sweet potatoes and the sum of ₦10,000 for grinding.
Additional items for bride’s mother(Annangu) include new basin, lantern and mat and ₦20,000 for transportation and notification while the bride’s father and maternal uncles ₦10,000 each for transportation.
For introduction, the items include one crate of soft drink and a crate of beer(optional by recipient) for the bride’s father; one crate of soft drink and a crate of beer(optional by recipient) for the bride’s mother and one crate of soft drink and a crate of beer(optional by recipients) for paternal uncles.
Others are ₦2,000 for tobacco(reception of family’s elders), ₦5,000 for bride’s father, ₦5,000 for bride’s mother, ₦4,000 for maternal uncles, ₦10,000 for bride’s introduction and the sum of 2,000 for transportation to inform the paternal uncles in addition to ₦1,000 for amba(tobacco).
Source: NasarawaMirrow
