THE EFFECTS OF TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE CEREMONY ON THE YOUTHS AMONG THE BINI-SPEAKING PEOPLE OF EDO STATE
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EFFECTS OF TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE CEREMONY ON THE YOUTHS AMONG THE BINI-SPEAKING
PEOPLE OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study
is to find out the effects of traditional marriage ceremony on the youths among
Bini-speaking people of Edo State. One hundred and seventy questionnaire were
distributed and one hundred and sixty were collected from both married men and
women in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State and some youths. Percentages
were employed in all analysis. On investigation, the researchers found out that
rituals perform in traditional marriage ceremony is one factor that discourages
the youths and makes them to turn away from traditional marriage ceremony.
Traditional marriage ceremony also gave room to polygamy which is distasted by
the youth especially the ladies. It was also discovered that the practice of
traditional marriage ceremony is regarded as primitive by some youths and that
it leads to over population. Some recommendations were also made by the
researcher that the ritualistic aspect of traditional marriage ceremony should
be modified to suit the modern society. The undue power given to men over the
women in traditional marriage ceremony should be minimized.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Background to the
study
Statement of the
problem
Purpose of the study
Significance of the
study
Research questions
Scope of the study
Limitation of the
study
Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
A brief introduction
of this chapter comprising the sub-heading to be treated
Discussion of these
relevant sub-heading by reviewing recent related works of other authors
A brief summary of
chapter two
CHAPTER
THREE
Procedure of study
Research design
Population of the
study
Sample of the study
Sampling techniques
adopted
Instrumentation
Validation of
instrument
Method of data
collection
Method of data
analysis
CHAPTER
FOUR
Data and discussion
of results
Use of relevant
tables or statistics to present and analyze the data
A discussion of the
results derived from the data
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary, conclusion
and recommendation
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendations
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND OF THE
STUDY
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
According
to Egharevba (1998) claims that the Binis migrated from Egypt and eventually
occupied the heart of the present Oredo, Orhionmwon Ovia North East and Ovia
North West Local Government Areas of Edo State with their headquarters at Benin
City, Abudu, Ehor and Iguobazuwa respectively. The Binis practice various forms
of religion ranging from the traditional religion to Christianity, the
traditional dresses and white clothe with coral beads as neck lace and in the
ankles. The women dress in wrapper (Igbegbe) with coral beads as their neck
lace. Today however, most of the men dress in buba and wrapper like the
Yorubas. Although Christianity had influenced the traditional religion, it is
important to note that it has not erased it from the society.
Traditional religion still exists and most things are still done in the
traditional ways. Examples are the traditional marriage ceremony as it affects
the youth in the society today can be said to be as a result of the influence
of westernization and foreign religion. Their educational system created a great
enlightenment among the people in the area of dressing, food, drink, music,
language, their system of marriage etc. Because of this, the modern youths now
have their own ideas about the day to day activities and the area of marriage
ceremony is not left out. Education as an eye opener has made our youths to see
the loopholes in our traditional kind of marriage for example, the involvement
of too many rituals when is expected to be carried out by the couples before
they are properly married.
Economically too, it is rejected on the basis that it consumes a lot of money.
The bride price though this varies from one family to another is considered to
be much the ceremony which usually takes up to the period when bride had fully
settled in her husband’s house usually involve a lot of spending on the part of
the bride groom. Sociologically speaking too, the youths especially the ladies
abhor traditional marriage ceremony, the man is allowed to marry as many wives
as he likes. This act is intolerable among our modern ladies, many of them have
to drag their groom to the court6 or church in quest of one man, one wife out
on this ground in the sense that the more wives, the more children and this
bring about over population and other economic and social hazards to the
society. Religiously too, traditional marriage is not welcomed by the youths in
that it destroys their faith. According to Ogbonmwan (1995) the reason why the
youths contact church marriage is that the church is an institution. It has her
own laws and regulations among these are that Christians must marry in the
church; he went further to say that marriage is a part of Christian’s heritage.
He supported this by making reference to the beginning God made male and female
and said for this reason, man shall leave his father and mother and be
joined to his wife and their two shall become one flesh as they are no longer
two but one flesh. “What God has joined together let no man put asunder”. To
him Christians come to marry in the church because they are Christians.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Due to the avenue provided by the traditional marriage ceremony to have more
than one wife, the ritualistic involvement of would be couples and the economy
and social problem it has brought as a result of its polygamous nature, have
made the youths to kick against it.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of study is to find out these effects that traditional marriage
ceremony have on the youths. It is to show how it is carried out, the general
opinions on traditional marriage ceremony especially the youths’ opinions and
to find out also the influence of family on traditional marriage ceremony.
HYPOTHESIS
In view of the problems of this study, the following hypotheses were stated.
1. Traditional
marriage ceremony gives the man undue power over the woman.
2. There
is the involvement of families in traditional marriage ceremony.
3. The
traditional marriage ceremony involves to many rituals.
4. Most
couples combine traditional marriage ceremony with the Christian or ordinance
kind of marriage.
5. Youths
especially the ladies abhor traditional marriage as it gives room for polygamy.
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
It will be of great significance to parents especially those that believe
strongly in tradition to always allow their children to decide on the form of
marriage they want as this will go a long way to affect their lives. It will
also be very useful to the society in general in terms of the polygamous nature
of traditional marriage ceremony has this often than not lead to over
population and other social vices.
SCOPE OF STUDY
This work seeks to treat the effects of traditional marriage ceremony. It was
meant to cover the whole areas occupied by the Bini speaking people of Edo
State, but due to financial and time constraints, it will only cover the
following areas in Benin City, Abudu, Ugo.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Community: this
is an identified area being occupied and developed by a group of people at a
particular time.
Igbegbe: a
kind of wrapper tied by the Bini women.
Polygamy: this
is the marriage of one man to many women at any given time.
Tradition: opinions,
beliefs, customs launched down from one generation to another.
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