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GST 112 Study Session 5: NIGERIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE Objective Question

Question

Among the Igbo, who were responsible for bringing down and burying a corpse of a person who died by hanging?
Options
A The family members
B The village elders
C Members of 'Umuamadi' who worshipped Amadioha, the god of thunder
Correct Answer
D The Osu caste
Correct Answer

Option C is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Those who died by hanging would not be brought down until members from Umuamadi, who worshipped Amadioha (god of thunder), came to bring the corpse down and bury it.

Hint

It's a specific religious group.

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