The fattening room is a practice in Nigeria whereby women or adolescent girls are kept away from their companions, societal interactions and also from performing their customary duties.[1] This period may range from three months to seven years depending on the wealth of their father.
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The fatteningroom is a practice in Nigeria whereby women or adolescent girls are kept away from their companions, societal interactions and also from...
ISBN 0-679-73408-2. Pamela J. Brink (1995). "Fertility and Fattening: the Annang FatteningRoom". In I.De Garine and Nancy J. Pollock (ed.). Social Aspects...
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Society old 'FatteningRoom' tradition is the first thing that comes to mind. Six months before marriage, Oron girls are sent to the fatteningroom that they...
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groom are of the same age, the waiting period is brief. Nkhuo, or the “fatteningroom,” is an ancient marriage practice in Balondo society. It is the practice...
further divided into Rovone. The practice of the Ekpe secret society and fatteningroom is widely observed while few people practice the Bahumono religion [citation...
the geese. The practice of goose fattening spread from Egypt to the Mediterranean. The earliest reference to fattened geese is from the 5th-century-BC...
by the people into womanhood. Virgins are presented and kept in the fatteningroom, where they are taken care of for the festival Abam Abiobo Abuloma Amadi...
cultural ceremony in which young virgins, as the two girls are, live in a "fatteningroom" for five weeks. When they come out they are celebrated and respected...
the feedlot are known as feeder cattle, the goal of these animals is fattening. Animals not grown for a feedlot are typically female and are commonly...
comix creators. She is best known for her comic book series The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, which lasted from 1973 to 1977. Lee Marrs...
cited by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as "the noblest Georgian room in the county". The great dining room in the east wing extension of the house was added in 1877...
its ban on production, to include all imports as well. In France, the fattening is achieved through gavage (force-feeding corn), according to French law...
the day advances. In 1991, Douglas Coupland has coined the phrase "veal-fattening pen", a deprecation of cubicles in his novel Generation X: Tales for an...
aspersum separate the five stages: reproduction, hatching, young, fattening, and final fattening. Depending on the scale and sophistication of a snail farm,...
and sugar house. The witch, who has cannibalistic intentions, intends to fatten Hansel before eventually eating him. However, Gretel saves her brother by...
is given as the Pukchong Pig Farm, is said to include an inspection room, fattening and breeding blocks, a feed processing and transportation system, as...
oysters, sweet wine, and acorns to enhance Gideon's flavor for the snails fattening themselves on it. Gideon comments that it won't be long until Lecter is...
Before the mid-19th century, it was a much more pastoral area, used for fattening livestock brought in from Scotland and northern England before it was...
followed by the State Drawing Room, the Second Withdrawing Room, the State Bedroom and finally the State Closet, each room being more private and ornate...
resetting up the tent. Kagura angers Yomi when she points out her absence of fattening bias while preparing to eat a large plate of katsudon. When the day of...
place at the client's residence or hotel room (referred to as out-call), or at the escort's residence or a hotel room rented for the occasion by the escort...
1956) "No Nights by Myself" / "Boppin' with Sonny" (Ace Records, 1956) "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" / "I Don't Know" (Checker, 1957) "Cross My Heart" /...