africa is a continent full of beauty its beauty can be seen through its places and its people
welcome to the amazing people of africa series where we take
a look at some of the indigenous people of africa we'll be looking at their lifestyle
culture and getting to learn about life through their knowledge and experiences
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the tip are an ethnic community that account for five percent of nigerian population
at an estimated number of 14 million they are set apart from other communities for their cuts dance
and the black and white zebra-like attire the tea are located in the middle belt region of nigeria
though there are few who reside in cameroon tiff is a primary language
that is spoken by all type people who are living within and out of nigeria
however dialects allow one to make a distinction from the area a person comes from
the tea are farmers whose main crops are yams millet and sorghum all of which are eaten as
porridge or are made more palatable by their combination of sauces and stews
although goats and chickens are plentiful few cattle are kept because of the sesa fly
if you're not familiar with the scissor fly it is a blood
sucking fly which bites humans and other mammals transmitting the sleeping sickness
when the tea first arrived at their current location they discovered that the zebras they
used to hunt for meat and for skin which they used for ceremonial attire were not native to the area
later on when they acquired the skill of the loom they decided to honor their heritage by weaving
a cloth with black and white stripes which is reminiscent of the zebra which then became the
preferred attire initially it was a simple cloth to be draped around the torso but nowadays it is
made into more elaborate robes mainly worn by elders of the society the black and white
color also signifies their peaceful respectful and honest traits which they pride themselves in
the team had their own religion before the coming of christianity
they had the belief that whatever they would do should be according to creation and if anyone
deviated from it he or she would run into problems which would be in the form of misfortune bad luck
or even death unless they ratify the problem by undertaking certain rituals to free themselves
when their loved ones died they believe that he or she has gone to another place the notion
of life after death was already practiced among the teeth long before christianity was introduced
the team are special people and everything they do demonstrates that dancing is one of
their cultural heritages and you'll find out that there are many types of dances in tivland
the most common is the susue sailer dance also known as a cat dance suicide means
cats the dance is spectacular as the movements are similar to those of a cat it is a spiritual
dance that connects both the dancer and the audience to their ancestors the dance is so
intriguing that it has won several awards at cultural festivals both at home and abroad
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