Before Civilization, the Gbagyi people were agriculturists, artistic, hunters, and fishermen. They were known to be the most peaceful, accommodating, honest and transparent people because of their belief about life, they predominantly live in FCT and Niger state. Culturally, the Gbagyi people(women) carry a load on their shoulders or back. As an ethnic group they respect the head, they believe that the head should be accorded a royal status of a king saddled with the responsibility of thinking for the entire body, as a result, it should not be burdened with a manual or pedestrian task like carrying a load from place to place. Men were forbidden from carrying a load as ordained by the gods, before now it was considered a taboo, so whatever had to do with the ferrying of the load was done by their women.
The Gbagyi people have respect for the elderly, even in meals, the selection of meat starts from the eldest down to the youngest. By so doing they believe the younger ones will understand the relevance of age among the family down to the community. The oldest child doesn't do any house chores as long as the younger ones are around, it's a stigma among our people if an older person does the chores while the younger one is doing nothing.
When it comes to inheritance, females before now do not have a part. The properties are shared among the man's family if he was unable to birth a male child while he was alive. In the case of a king, his brother or someone eligible for the throne succeeds him. This was because it was believed that the female child does not continue the family lineage since they're given out in marriage to a different clan.
Finally, the Gbagyi people before the introduction of Christianity and Islam believed in sacrificing animals to have abundant yield during the rainy season. Any year with low yield or large pests that eat up their crops was believed that the gods are angry with them which required more sacrifice. They carried out divination called "Zoku" to find answers to the current problems. Because they feared the wrath of the gods, most of their first harvest was given to the sorcerer for sacrifice.
But a lot of things had changed since civilization emerged. Few of the Gbagyi people still carry a load on their shoulders, to them, the load seems to be lighter compare to when carried on the head. Men and women both carry a load, no one considers a man carrying a load as a taboo anymore. The value of respect is still practiced among the Gbagyi people, younger ones still accord the elderly ones their due respect. The youngest among the group of people eating at the same table does not carry meat until everyone has selected or the eldest decides that the selection starts from the youngest among them.
Inheritance is shared to every child now whether the child is a male or female, education has helped enlightened the people and finally, Christianity and Islam have taken dominion, we no longer make a sacrifice for a bountiful harvest, though few persons who are still practicing the traditional worship do the sacrifice yearly, there has not been any noticeable abundance from their ends.
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