When you dìed for her but she didn't even attend your burial 😂

I was strolling the streets of Facebook when I came across a particular post.

What caught my attention first was the picture

attached to the post. It contains the picture of a

very big snake, a species known as python.

One thing I love reading is Animal discovery,

in fact anything that has to do with our

environment so with this, I had the urge to open the writeup.

The story was about a guy who killed a snake

popularly known as " EKE" in the east ( igbo land).

Now it is said that some parts of igbo like

imo state regard this python which they call

EKE , it is believed to be a goddess ( correct

me if I'm wrong) or rather daughter of the soil.

So killing it is equivalent to killing a human being.

I do not want to digress so as not to make my

write up long for the sake of those who do not

fancy long writeups. But the summary of

everything is that he was asked to conduct a

burial or rather bury the EKE else he will face

the consequences of which he bluntly

disagreed with the claim that the animal

encroached his private space.

Well I'm not here to judge anyone's traditions, I

respect tradition as much as I respect myself

and if I ever know that I cannot put up with or

succumb to such tradition, then I leave or

never have anything to do that will warrant me doing what I never wanted to do ( such traditional rites) .

So I have some pressing questions, I'm quite

aware that some of my followers are from imo

states and they will one way or the other see this write up.

Although I got to know that it is not all imo

states who reverends the EKE, but please if you

are from the community which practices this tradition and you have a profound knowledge,

I'm confused and I would greatly appreciate it if you give me answers.

The questions are below;

From what I know and have heard EKE is python right?

And in reality it swallows people right?

But then the EKE in this particular community

or culture does not hurt any of them maybe

because they worship it and in return it protects them.

So my question is, in a case whereby a person

from this part of the east where the EKE is

regarded , happens to travel outside their

community or clan and then sees an Eke is it also forbidden for them to kill it?

2: Will it not hurt them?

3: Or it will recognize them irrespective of the location they find themselves.

Please someone should educate me...

And also if there is any other state which has

the same views aside imo please let me know

too, I will be in the comments section

©Winner Chinaza Amalinweze
Photo credit: not mine
Monday 24th March, 2025.

The New Anambra State Burial Law. (The aftermath of the ki||ings during bu_rial last week in Awka).

1. All burial/fun_eral ceremonies of indigenous dece_ased persons must be registered with the town union of the dece_ased persons. Registration fee is NGN1,500

2. No person must erect any billboard, banner or posters of any kind of dece_ased persons in the State. 100k fine or 6 months jail term or both for vi0lation.

3. Persons are allowed to erect only directional posts (such as the ones leading to the venue). Must not be erected before seven days to the burial date and must be removed not later than seven days after the bu_rial date. 100k fine or 6 months jail term or both for violation.

4. Corpse must not be deposited in the m0r_tuary or any other place beyond 2 months from the date of De-ath. 100k fine or 6 months jail term or both for vi0lation.

5. No blocking of road/street because of bu_rial except with the approval of the appropriate local govt authority.

6. No public display of ca_sket for purposes of fabrication and sale. 50k fine or 1 month jail term or both for vi0lation.

7. Dec_eased family must clear outstanding levies owed to the community or religious body before the fu_neral ceremony.

8. There must be no Wake of any kind for any dece_ased person in the State. All vigil Mass, service of songs or religious activity for the dec_eased person prior to the bu_rial must end by 9:00pm. There must be no food, drink, life band or cultural entertainers during and after vigil Mass, service of songs or religious activity for the dece_ased person.

9. All bu_rial/fu_neral ceremonies for any dece_ased person in the State must be for one day.

10. All b_urial Mass/services must start not later than 9:00 am and must not last more than 2 hours.

11. No preserved c0rpse must be exposed for more than 30 minutes from the time of exposition. It could be kept in a room under lock and key.

12. All condolence visits after any bu_rial/fu_neral ceremony must not exceed a day.

#Ekene_kwe_m_unu

POV : African mom be like

Me : mom am going for a friend's burial.

Mom: How many times have they come to yours?

Me :