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See What Ooni Of Ife Did Online That Got People Talking (Video)

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has sparked debate online over a custom that many have called amusing and odd.

According to Anaedoonline.ng, a video of the well-known Yoruba monarch that is making the rounds online shows the exact moment that some palace chiefs approached and covered him with a white umbrella and cloth as he was getting out of his car.

The Instagram user who posted the video claims that the Yoruba culture forbids the king from bowing to anyone.

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However, when the king exits and enters his automobile, he must be covered because it is thought that the bending stance could indicate that he is bowing down to the people in the scene.

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Reacting to the video, some netizens questioned if the King isn’t bowing down to the chiefs who often cover him.

@_kruiseee wrote: “Dem 4 no carry am 4 small car nauu… Atleast G-wagon is usually high or even build his own skyscraper car…. But at the same time he bowed for those men covering him”

@shinaoyemade wrote: “Outdated Culture. Shameless traditionists. Of what benefits are these, Kings? All they do marry more wives, breed more children, dress extravagantly at the expense of hard working ” suckers Nigerians. They get paid huge salaries doing nothing.”

@irepbdg_ wrote: “Those that circle him, are they not human being? Or they are exempted”

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@makas.bestie “Buy gwagon for amThis tradition strong oo.”

@urbcurbyen wrote: “Thank God for White people who did away this culture and progressed, liberated them people thereafter advanced technologically, benefits of what we are in Africa, especially Nigerians are enjoying today e.g. social media, videoing events …. it’s time for Nigerians to think outside the box, this culture is dead.”

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@ola_00767 wrote: “Even Jesus bowed down during his regime.”

 

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