THE CUSTOMS AND TRADITION OF THE YUROBAS
The Yoruba tribe of Nigeria are by far the richest Nigerians in terms of religion and professionalism based on the fact that they combine the heavenly factor and the earthly factors together mentioned in part 1`of this article. The political and economic power lies in their hands as one of the key power brokers in Nigeria. The city of Lagos is the busiest commercial city in Nigeria tagged “The City of Excellence”
The land of the Yorubas is a fertile land in Nigeria based on the fact that it combined the two factors mentioned above. Today Yorubas rule the whole world in Christianity and the have the biggest churches in the whole world as Yoruba indigences. Some of these mega churches include, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, The Living Faith Bible Church, Deeper life Bible Church, The Synagogue Church of all Nations, Logos Ministries, Cherubim and Seraphim, Celestial Church of Christ and several others in the Yoruba land with a global presence.
In Nigeria, the Yoruba land has become the land of Canaan and Lagos has become the New Jerusalem to other indigenous Pentecostal churches located outside the Yoruba land. More than ninety percent of indigenous Pentecostal churches pay tithes to this big Yoruba churches and their Pastors as their Mentors. Some even carry sand from the Yoruba land and pour on their church's premises for their church to grow like them.
The secret of their success is that they respect and observe their ancient customs and traditions as laid down by their ancestors. Evidently, they observe their annual cultural and traditional festival. Each year they will fly from all over the world to celebrate it and show it openly to the whole world live in the television and in cable satellites quite unlike any other tribe in Nigeria. The are not ashamed of the abuses they receive from others Christians although more than ninety percent of them actively involved in those customs and traditions are Christians from various churches.
These annual customs and traditions festival they observed are condemned by few Christians and from those big Yoruba Pastors regarded it as demonic and satanic instead. However, they are now a blessing to the whole of the Yoruba kingdom like the case of Judas who betrayed our Lord and is a blessing to all Christians and the whole world because if not him, we would not have preached about his dead, resurrection and his second coming. These annual festival the Yoruba perform, makes the gods of the land happy because they seems to be only tribe in the African regions that project them to the whole world; so they in return project them to the whole world because they are gods of the land and can do anything to lift you up and bring you down.
THE BENINS OF NIGERIA
These are people from the Edo State of Nigeria and their cultural and traditional activities looks like the Yorubas and they also perform annual traditional festivals as well according to a television programme called “GOGA AFRICA”. Similarly, they have some of the biggest churches spreading across the world. In this region, we have the Founder of the Church of God Mission late Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa the father of the modern Pentecostalism in Nigeria and reformist. Also from this very region, came Pastor Chris of the Christ Embassy based in Lagos - a church with a global presence and several other churches from this region.
THE IGOBS OF NIGERIA
The Igbo also known as “Ibos” are known to be the best film actors and best gospel artists in Nigeria. They are the Pioneers of Nolly Wood of Nigeria. They project their cultural activities through firm acting and educate the world about the ancient culture and tradition of the Ibos and Africans. However, their activities are being over influenced by Christian religions in their acting. They should as well show the positive side of the ancient cultural and tradition and how it sanitized the community against criminal activities and the virginity of the young women before they got marriage. They dominate the export and import trade in Nigeria and great international preachers of the gospel emerged from this regions.
THE AFIK OR CALABAS OF NIGERIA
Here the whole of Akwa Ibom and Afik people are all Calabas of Nigeria. They are also very proud of their tradition and culture and are very loved by Nigerians because they are very simple and loving people. From this region comes the Brother Hood of the Christ and Star - one of the ancient Church founded by Leader Olumba, Olumba Obu. It is a church with a presence in all continents of the whole world. Amazingly, the church have a very wonderful choir that uses their mouths as their musical instrument. Recently, they won the first price at the Rivers State choir competition. In 2010, Calabar hosted the biggest choir festival in the whole world according the Guinness Book of Record. It is a region of several Pentecostal churches and some with cable satellite television stations.
THE KALABARIS OF RIVERS STATE OF NIGERIA
The people of Kalabri of Rivers State of Nigeria are one of the people known to have loved their culture and tradition like the Yorubas of Nigeria. The have some of the well known indigenous Churches that spread without Yoruba’s mentorship unlike other Pentecostal churches in Nigeria. This includes Greater Evangelism World Crusade of Apostle G D Numbere, a church with an international presence. The other is the Christ Army Church of Nigeria of Prophet Gerick Braide also with international presence and among other churches in this regions.
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