Ibo Culture Vs. White European Culture

The Ibo people had a strong culture which made up their society and gave them their identity. The Ido culture valued religion, gods, agriculture, weddings, and language. Then their culture meet another culture that was as strong or stronger than theirs. This other culture was the White European culture. This caused good and bad things to the Ibo people. But they had one similarity which was how to be respected by others in society. In both cultures they had to prove themselves through their actions that helped the society move forward. But they also had differences, like different ideals, rituals, religion, gods and being seen as weak or strong. Okonkwo’s father was seen as weak and society couldn’t be trusted and was looked down upon. He wasn’t
A ritual is competitive wrestling in which Okonkwo proved himself as a strong trustworthy man and his rise to fame by beating the “Amalinze the cat”. He brought honor to himself and back to his family name which his father tarnished. He beat an opponent that was a strong and respected warrior by many because of how great he was. When Okonkwo beat him, he was admired and gain the respect of everyone because he beat the best at the time. This showed the wrestling matches were very important to the Ibo culture. It was important because all the young and fit men in the village participated in the activity. They did this because they would bring honor to themselves and their families. It showed strength and dominates that would lead to trust by the people in the village. It would also lead to their social status to be lifted in society. This aspect of their culture is was unique to the Ibo
It starts when two families want to arrange a marriage for their kids. It starts with the men in the families start to exchange sticks with each other to negotiate the price for the bride to be given. The groom's family also like to show that they have wealth by giving things to the bride family like sticks, animals, and crops. Weddings are very important part of the Ibo culture because it’s a big thing for the man and woman to get married to start a family. Men are allowed to have more than one wife which shows money and power among the other people. Okonkwo kad three wives because he was respected which lead to other men wanting him to marry their