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Furthermore, children role are much more different from the men and women roles. Children are required to be obedient to all adults. They are not allowed to contradict their parents, they should always respect them. Girls are taught to be sensitive, gentle, and submissive to prepare each of them for the role they are going to be in the future, as women. As contrast, boys are taught to be courageous and ferocious and any type of femininity is unacceptable in the Igbo society. Sons and daughters are ranked depending on how their mother’s are ranked. An example, the first son of the marriage is always the highest one, the last son of the marriage is always the lowest ranked in the family. The rise from child to adult has a ceremony called “Coming of Age” most societies have it. A Coming of Age ceremony is a celebration, that involves the person who is celebrating to do something specific, in which the boy or girl rises to adult hood. (“Coming Age”). This part of a child life is very important in the Igbo society.

In the Coming of Age celebration girls and boys celebrate each separately. For the girls the Coming of Age education starts at the age of 9 to 12 years old. A girl learns her responsibilities and more parts of life from her mother, aunt and grandmother. (“Coming Age”). Cooking, cleaning, hair braiding, body paint, family values, and other types of education are some of the major topics that a girl gets taught, from their family members. (“Coming Age”). A few weeks before the final ceremony, girls meet in a community group in which they learn what it means to be a daughter, wife, and mother. Lastly, they practice more of what they will do that day of the ceremony.

However, boys ceremony is a masquerade towards the secret rite of passage. As the opposite of girls, boys lessons are taught by the men in the family and tribe. The day of the ceremony villagers could hear the drums and the music as well as the singing. At the end of the ceremony, they do a tradition, which is a bathe in the stream to wash off the femaleness. (“Coming Age”). This makes them officially a man of the Igbo society. As conclusion, that is why girls and boys each have a separate function throughout the Coming of Age celebration.

To conclude, the Igbo society is filled with much differences and many perspectives that each see life. It includes many customs, practices and traditions that each lead to many achievements that each role have to accomplish. Each person in the Igbo society have roles that impact the community and says a lot about who they are. Throughout the years, much of the Igbo society has changed. Overall each individuals role represents their tribe and how it influences the culture and customs of each.

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