They worship the elders and sacarifice a chicken in their honnor.
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∙ 10y agoThey represent the gods and the gods' will. They are said to be taken by the spirit of the gods. The villagers immensely respect them as they are sacred beings.
They worship the elders and sacarifice a chicken in their honnor.
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The women's attitude towards the egwugwu is that they are to respect them. They are not to go to their house, yet they are the ones to paint the walls on the outside
One of the egwugwu was unmasked, killing the egwugwu.
In the story, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, egwugwu are the spirits of the ancestors of Nigerian tribes. Great men of these tribes wear masks that can have a rather terrifying look about them, which is exactly how it is supposed to make you feel. The most disgraceful things you can do to an egwugwu would be to unmask it in public, which kills the spirit. When an egwugwu dies, the mother spirit cries a dreadful cry for the death of her son for a week. The egwugwu were also summoned whenever the villagers needed to settle disputes in a court. The spirits of the ancestors were said to be the highest judges in the land.
Enoch, a Christian convert, unmasks an egwugwu, killing it.
The egwugwu are the ancestral spirits of the clan.
Show some respect is the term to use when you want someone to show you respect.
Okonkwo did play the role of an egwugwu in the egwugwu court.
"Egwugwu" is used in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe to represent the gods.
you can show respect by helping others