Owan West

Owan West is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Sabongidda Ora.

Owan West
LGA
Country Nigeria
StateEdo State
Area
 • Total283 sq mi (732 km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (WAT)

It has an area of 732 km² and a population of 97,388 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 313.[1]

Wedding customs

Wedding List is the list given to the intending groom looking to marry a woman from Sabongida Ora (Owan West). Everything on the list is to be purchased and presented at the traditional wedding ceremony (this is to be fixed and agreed on before list is given). The content of the list varies based on the family head, the standard however are;

  1. Bride's dowry (depends on the head of the family)
  2. Suitcase of clothes
  3. An umbrella
  4. A Small basin of egusi seeds
  5. Twenty-one tubers of yam
  6. One smoked/dried antelope
  7. Twenty-one kola-nuts (double lobed)
  8. One large dried fish
  9. Twenty-one pieces of bitter kola
  10. A keg of palmwine
  11. Twenty-one pieces of alligator pepper
  12. Two bottles of schnapps
  13. Two bottles of dry gin
  14. Two kegs of palm oil (25 litres)
  15. Two bags of salt
  16. One she-goat
  17. A bottle of honey
  18. A packet of sugar
  19. Two cartons of beer
  20. Two cartons of malt drink
  21. Two crates each of 3 different soda drinks i.e. Cola, Pepsi, Fanta, Mirinda, Sprite etc.
  • Idegbe #500 (depends on family)
  • Igele #500 (depends on family)
  • Erahoin #1,000 (depends on family)
  • Iyanhoin #500 (depends on family)
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References
  1. "Post Offices- with map of LGA". NIPOST. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2009-10-20.


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