Muslim Nigerians usually bury the body facing Mecca. While some Nigerians bury people depending on their gender. They bury men facing east so he sees the sunrise; while they bury women facing west so she sees the sunset and can prepare dinner for her husband in her next life. They also cover the body with black earth, because they believe red earth causes skin blemishes in their next life. Some families bury the deceased with significant items, such as weapons to help them with any battles they encounter on their afterlife journey.
The Christian church put restrictions on the Igbo people. They have to bury their deceased within two weeks. Igbo funerals usually only last a few days and the festivities are reserved for a second burial.
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"They mostly had fever, cough and body aches before their death," Abu Musa said of about half a dozen of his colleagues who died between April and May. Others who came to bury their people here "also said they had similar illness before they died."
As local authorities continue to downplay the severity of the virus, the impact is seen in cemeteries like Abbatuwa, where grieving families struggle to find space to bury their loved ones, some of whom might have been saved had help come in time.
The time of the funeral depends heavily on the religious and ethnic background of the deceased. The Muslim Hausa, for example, bury their dead as soon as possible after death. Christian Nigerians may take their time instead. For instance the Igbo usually prepare a very elaborate funeral.
Before the funeral of their patriarch, Paschal's family was not only thinking about the vacuum John had left, but also how to face the financial demands for burying the dead from their local parish, St. Benedict, located in Uli, a rustic village in Nigeria's southeastern Anambra state.
In Ajibo's diocese, the practice generated problems. Many parishioners opposed it. When a new bishop, Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, was named in 2013, he stopped the practice. He said burying a Catholic is a corporal work of mercy and every baptized Christian has a right to burial.
In a bid to ensure a smooth and honourable transition, people give so much attention to where their dead are buried. Most people bury their loved ones in residential areas. There are several factors behind this such as cultural beliefs; religious sentiments, financial cost etc.
While the general principle of law is that one cannot bury any human corpse in residential areas or any open space, the exception is that the only time one can engage in this practice is having obtained consent from the president or governor. In granting this, several factors are to be considered by the Ministry of Health. One of such factors is the cause of death of the deceased. The cause of death is relevant here because a person who died of a highly communicable disease like Ebola, Lassa fever, etc may still be a danger to people dwelling within the neighbourhood of his burial place.
The incident happened in the remote village of Ihiala, Nigeria, Azubuike is reported to have splashed out 66,000 cash on a car from the showroom to bury his father in. A photo from the funeral has gone viral on the internet which shows the car being lowered into a huge six-feet grave dug by hand.
One Facebook user named Sifiso Inno Makhashila said: 'Buy the car for your parent while he is still alive if you are moneyed and bury them with a decent coffin but this is just being foolish and showing off.
Nigerian Muslims bury their dead with the heads facing the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Traditionally, for most tribes, a man is buried with his head facing the east so that he can witness the sunrise. Women are buried facing west so that they will be able to prepare dinner for their husbands in the afterlife after sunset. Black earth is used to cover the bodies during burials as people believe that red earth blemishes the skin in the next life.
Of course, the Sunshine State Governor is not new to the cumbersome game of burying those slaughtered by all sorts of wicked forces that have taken reign of power in Nigeria, but he is most likely not to come out of the latest calamity that befell him and his people on Thursday, November 26, 2020, easily. That was when the Olufon of Ifon; a very quiet and beautiful town in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State; Oba Adegoke Adeusi, was murdered by suspected kidnappers, along the Elegbeka area of the State.
Prince Ajibola told the congregation: ''For all of us, this day shall remain an unforgettable one because in our culture it is the prayer of everyone that our children bury us and not the other way around.'' 2351a5e196
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