Greetings from my heart to the entire community once again, I'm so thrilled on this topic and of course since fashion is my hobby, then I'll really love to give it a try.
- "Nigeria" is such a beautiful country with so many different cultures, traditions, and as well different ways of life. One of the things here that really makes Nigeria special is its dress code. The way our people dress in Nigeria truly depends on their tribe, their religion, and the occasion. Though before the British colonized Nigeria, our people do wore their traditional clothes made from our local fabrics. But today, Nigeria has now a mix of both traditional and modern styles blend.
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So In my context, i will explore through the different types of outfits worn in Nigeria, from our everyday wear to some kind of special occasions like weddings. Finally, i will also take a deep dive into my very own culture—the Ibibio—and how we do dress for different events.
| What are the traditional outfits commonly worn in your country? |
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My country Nigeria has over 250 ethnic groups duly recognize, each of the groups with its unique way of dressing and explanation. However, some of these traditional outfits are common among different tribes:
Yoruba Attire: The Yoruba people here (their men wear) Agbada, a large flowing robe, often with a unique cap called Fila. While their Women wear Iro and Buba (wrapper and blouse) with a head tie they called Gele.
The Hausa-Fulani Attire: The Hausa men do wear Babban Riga (a very long, loose-fitting robe like an overall gown) with a cap called Fula. While the Women wear Zani (a long wrapper) with a blouse and somwyh like a veil on their head they call hijab.
Igbo Attire: The Igbo men wear Isi Agu (a unique shirt with lion head prints sewed in pattern of a senator or chieftaincy) with a wrapper and a red cap. And the Women wear George Wrapper with a blouses and head ties.
Ibibio Attire: Now coming down to My Culture, We the Ibibio men wear a Chieftaincy attire, which includes a white top, our wrapper tire on the waist, our traditional cap and a traditional beads round our hands and neck. While our Women wear lace blouses with unique colorful wrappers, an head tie and their jewelries on their ear, wrist and neck.
The Ibibio People's Attire |
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| Are there any dress codes followed in schools, workplaces, or religious places? Tell us about them. |
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In Nigeria here, there's a dress code followed and our dress codes always depend on the environment we found ourselves:
- Schools: Like most schools requires the students to wear the school uniforms except for Tertiary Institution. The Boys wear the shirts either long or short sleeves and a short or trouser, while the girls wear the skirts and blouses or gown dresses depending on the school days. Even the tertiary institution now advises students not to wear crazy and seducing dresses, the security mount the gate and send back students who violate the rules.
 | Simple take on what our School and office wears is like |
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Workplaces: For many offices, they require formal wear, like the suits and official dresses. However, on Fridays, many people can wear their traditional outfits. While non office shops Wears are pertaining to their kind of work, some wear protective overall and helmet ⛑️. This for people working in industries such as electrical appliance company.
Religious Places: Like in churches, women often wear their long gown dresses or skirt and blouse and cover their hair with scarves, and the men wear any official dress or senator dress, sometimes a casual jean and polo or T-shirt. While in mosques, men wear a long robes, and women cover their heads with the hijabs.
| In your country, what type of dresses people wear on weddings including the dresses of bride and groom? |
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In Nigeria here, weddings are very special to us, and so the outfits depend on the type of wedding to be done and I'll be specifically talking on ibibio culture.
- Traditional Wedding:
Here in Ibibio traditional marriage, our men do wear white tops, tied wrappers, beads, and caps, while the women wear their lace tops with wrappers or a lace skirt and jewelry. So the bride and groom wear same pattern but theirs is specifically a different attire design different from other invitees.
Though Other tribes as well also have their unique traditional outfits.
 The Traditional women Attire on event like the Traditional marriage |
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- White Wedding:
My country Nigeria did adopted the Western wedding styles after colonization. The groom wears a suit, and the bride do wears a white gown. so sometimes people do both the traditional marriage and White wedding while some go for one.
The white wedding 💍 of my cousin with her Husband |
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| What is your personal favorite traditional or modern outfit, and why? |
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Personally, I have not been that a traditional type so I have never worn a full traditional wrapper and chieftaincy attire before. But Instead, I always prefer a Senator Dress popular among the Southern region and a native Ankara tops with trousers, often designed with a cultural patterns.
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| Conclusion |
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The Nigeria’s dress code is really a beautiful mix of the tradition and modern fashion. While each of the ethnic group has its own unique traditional attire (e.g Senator outfit) , the modern styles like suits, shirts have become so popular. The way we do dress reflects our own culture, heritage, and our identity. My Ibibio culture is so rich in tradition, and our dress code for the different occasions is truly unique. Whether be it a wedding, school, work, or religious gathering, Nigerians so take pride in their dressing.
So no matter what we wear, our clothing always help tells a story about who we truly are!
I would love to invite @senehasa, @goodybest and @alexanderpeace.
"Thanks for Reading"
Cc,
@abdullahw2
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