Lady Who is Last Child Shows Unusual Action Done To Her at Father’s Burial: “Part of Isoko Culture”

Lady Who is Last Child Shows Unusual Action Done To Her at Father’s Burial: “Part of Isoko Culture”

  • An Isoko lady got people talking as she showed a traditional activity she performed at her father’s burial
  • She said that it was part of the burial rites for the last child of the deceased to perform the action at the funeral
  • Netizens who came across the post shared their similar experiences while others spoke about their culture

A lady who lost her father showed what her family and friends did to her at her father’s burial.

She noted that she hailed from the Isoko tribe in Delta state and was the last child of her family.

A lady who is the last child shows the traditional activity she performed at her father’s funeral
An Isoko lady shows a traditional activity she performed at her father’s burial. Photo: @mimi_special01
Source: TikTok

In a video by @mimi_special01 on TikTok, the lady noted that it was part of the Isoko burial rites for people to spray the last child of the deceased till he or she laughed.

As the last child, she showed herself sitting on a chair while people sprayed her with money.

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She said:

“POV: It’s part of the Isoko burial rite that people must spray the last child of the deceased until he or she laughed. I trust myself to frown. Rip daddy.”

In the comments, she confirmed that she was from the Emevor community in Isoko.

Watch the video below:

Reactions trail lady’s culture’s burial rites

@mai_events_&_decors said:

"Hope say na she go get all the money later, no be say family go later corner the money o."

@Horlahmi said:

"Me I no go laugh o, na frown go full my face sef. If I remember how much I don suffer for this life ehn, spray no fit even wipe am comot."

@SOLOMON said:

"Them do me ooooo last born na one guy use. 10 naira make me laff that time."

@investor pero said:

"Una dey take risk oo, for her own papa burial make she laugh? where dem dey see that kind tin shuu."

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@Odigie succy said:

"Congratulations. So painful Benin nor Dey do this one."

@Treasure. A. Treasure said:

"If I laugh me I know wetin cause am. You see money wey I spend for dat burial I go collect am for their hand."

@Annoying last born said:

"yh that's what my brother's did wen my dad died cus I'm the last child I make sure I frown very well"

@Harmless one said:

"Not all part in isoko I buried my dad and I just lay my mom to rest too nothing as such happen."

@Bae Zino58 said:

"Abel which part of the isoko because for my dad burial de nor spray me oooo and nah me be last born."
An Isoko lady shows a traditional activity she performed at her father’s burial
A lady who is the last child shows the traditional activity she performed at her father’s funeral. Photo: @mimi_special01
Source: TikTok

In related stories, a pregnant woman shared why she was not allowed to see her father's corpse during his burial, while another shared how her stepmother rejected her brother's burial on the family land.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a bride wowed her guests as she paid tribute at her parents’ graveside before her first bridal entrance.

What she did after getting to the graveside moved people to tears as the video went viral on social media.

Some hailed her for being strong, while others shared their similar experiences about losing parents.

Source: Legit.ng

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