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The Shocking Tradition of Getting Whipped to Get a Wife
Imagine getting flogged with wooden sticks and canes to pulp to test your willingness to get a wife.
In Nigeria, there are many tribes with interesting practices and ideologies though considered strange, it shows Africa's uniqueness and diversity.
This uniqueness can be seen in various tribes' lives, practices, and traditions.
The Fulani tribe has some interesting practices in West Africa due to their marriage system.
In other parts of the world, men must go on their knees to propose marriage to their lover and fulfill certain traditional rites as dictated by customs and traditions of the tribe where he seeks to take his tribe.
In the Yoruba tribe, the activities involved are prostrating and begging the bride’s family for her hand in marriage. In the Igbo tribe, men came in with quite a long list of items to seek the lady's hand in marriage.
The Fulani Tribe has a different and more painful activity. The supposed bride is given several choices and options to pick from. Some pick the process of Sharo.
This traditional cultural practice is called Sharo, where young Fulani men compete to get a wife. They get their endurance tested by getting flogged with wooden sticks and canes to get a wife.
