Abstract: The focus of this paper is on the socio-economic implication of elaborate funeral rites among the Ibibio. Descriptive and qualitative survey methods are employed for the study. The paper seeks to evaluate whether multiple funeral rites have any social or economic consequence for the people. It was observed that elaborate funeral rites have a huge social and economic implication for most people, especially for those who do not have enough and to spare. The paper recommends that people should not allow tradition to push them to do what they cannot afford to do comfortably within their powers; that some of the rites could be curtailed due to inadequate fund. It concludes that obnoxious traditional practices are subject to change or outright abolition.
Keywords: Elaborate Funeral Rites among the Ibibio.
Title: Socio-Economic Implication of Elaborate Funeral Rites among the Ibibio
Author: Promise Akpan
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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