Marriages in Owan are usually preceded by Traditional Marriage Lists. This is the list given to the intending groom looking to marry a woman from Owan . Everything on the list is to be purchased and presented at the traditional wedding ceremony (this is to be fixed and agreed on before list is given). The content of the list varies based on the family head; the standard however are;
- Bride’s dowry(Depends on the head of the family)
- Suitcase of clothes
- An umbrella
- A Small basin of egusi seeds
- Twenty-one tubers of yam
- One smoked/dried antelope
- Twenty-one kola-nuts(double lobed)
- One large dried fish
- Twenty-one pieces of bitter kola
- A keg of palmwine
11. Twenty-one pieces of alligator pepper
12. Two bottles of schnapps
13. Two bottles of dry gin
14. Two kegs of palm oil(25 litres)
15. Two bags of salt
16. One she-goat
17. A bottle of honey
18. A packet of sugar
19. Two cartons of beer
20. Two cartons of malt drink
21. Two crates each of 3 different soda drinksi.e
22. Cola, Pepsi, Fanta, Mirinda, Sprite etc
*Idegbe 500 Naira
*Igele 500 Naira
*Erahoin 1,000 Naira
*Iyanhoin 500 Naira
- Amount can vary depending on the family
(Source Wikipedia)
