What is the purpose of the Egwugwu?

What is the purpose of the Egwugwu?

Summary: Chapter 10 The village holds a ceremonial gathering to administer justice. The clan’s ancestral spirits, which are known as egwugwu, emerge from a secret house into which no woman is allowed to step. The egwugwu take the form of masked men, and everyone suspects that Okonkwo is among them.

How do Egwugwu settle disputes?

How do the egwugwu solve the dispute? Tell the man to bring the in-laws a pot of wine and beg for his wife once he does so the in laws should give back his wife.

What was the purpose of the ceremony described in Chapter 10 things fall apart?

What was the purpose of the ceremony described in Chapter 10? A woman’s birth family was having a dispute with her husband because he was mistreating her. The only decision the man would accept in the case was that of the symbolic meeting of the clan spirits.

What was the Egwugwu leader called?

Evil Forest
Evil Forest, the leader of the egwugwu, calls the court to order.

What was the Judgement of the Egwugwu?

After the egwugwu retire to consult with each other, their leader, Evil Forest, returns a verdict: He orders Uzowulu to take wine to his in-laws and beg his wife to come back home with him. Evil Forest also reminds the husband that fighting with a woman is not brave.

What appears out of the Egwugwu house?

One group of three men and another with three men and one woman. As the drums sound and the flutes blast, what appears out of the egwugwu house? man goes to the inlaws with a pot and wine and beg for his wife back, they have to accept him and give their sister back to them.

Why do the Egwugwu call humans bodies?

To emphasize their superiority and true spirituality, the egwugwu address humans with the inferior term “bodies,” implying that their spirits are not really strong, perhaps because they are trapped inside mortal vessels.

What was the result of the action taken by the Egwugwu?

What was the result of the action taken by the egwuguw? Okonkwo and five of the leaders were imprisoned by the District Commissioner. The village of Umuofia was fined 200 bags of cowries.

What do the Egwugwu decide as the solution to the case?

After the egwugwu retire to consult with each other, their leader, Evil Forest, returns a verdict: He orders Uzowulu to take wine to his in-laws and beg his wife to come back home with him.

What was the reason for the clan’s actions against Okonkwo?

What was the reason for the clan’s actions against Okonkwo? They were cleansing the land which Okonkwo had polluted. It was not revenge. What did Obierika think about after this calamity, and what was his conclusion?

What is the decision of the Egwugwu after hearing the case?

What is the decision of the egwugwu after hearing the case for Mgbafo’s family against Uzowulu? man goes to the inlaws with a pot and wine and beg for his wife back, they have to accept him and give their sister back to them.

What is the significance of the egwugwu?

The egwugwu is more of a symbol than anything else. It represents the culture and independence of Umufia. Basically the egwugwu are elders in various masks which represent ancestral gods.

What is the function of the egwugwu in Things Fall Apart?

They function as sort of a justice system in the community presiding over conflicts and judgments. The egwugwu are actually village elders who are supposedly possessed with the ancestral spirits of the clan. Interestingly, Okonkwo, the protagonist of Things Fall Apart, is also one of them (the one with the springy walk).

What is the conflict between Enoch and egwugwu?

Enoch responds by pulling the spirit’s mask off, a serious offense to the clan because, according to Umuofian tradition, unmasking an egwugwu kills the ancestral spirit. The next day, the egwugwu from all the villages gather in the marketplace.

When do you use the egwugwu mask?

This mask would be used anytime the Egwugwu is out in public. The spirits are unable to remove theses masks because doing so would be “murder” (Achebe 186). Also, I have added scorings to the mask to show the detailed markings carved into actual tribal masks.