Lol!
Like I said in my post;
In South-Eastern Nigeria, when a child is born, the friends and relatives of the couple splash on talc powder (white powder) when they visit the couple as a way of celebrating with them, I do not know the origin of this custom as I am not from South-Eastern Nigeria; the land of the Igbos.
@EmekaUlor our Moderator hails from this part of Nigeria, so we may ask him to share with us what he knows about it.
The Catholic Church’ Lay faithful in Nigeria is dominated by people from South-Eastern Nigeria, so, putting the Talc powder by the Christmas Crib is their way of welcoming and celebrating with the parents of Jesus. So, it’s a practice of the people that found it’s way into my Home Parish. I don’t know if my explanation makes sense.
P.S.- I don’t think this post should be added to any challenge as it is a ‘freestyle’. I just got discharged from hospital yesterday and decided to check up on what is happening here today and hurriedly penned this. Also, I am not in Lagos, I left Lagos on Monday and this is just the way I would have celebrated if I was in Lagos.
For ‘Christmas in my City’, we have a lot more to cover;
- Shopping
- Sales
- Musical Concerts
- Decorations on the major roads
- Street carnival
- The Religious Music festivals
People travel from outside Nigeria ‘to watch’ Christmas in Lagos, this post does not do it justice at all.
Thanks for your consideration @MariaNgo