Olden days time when a child is born in igboland, after dedicating him or her to Okike through Anyanwu the next thing to do is to do afa agu, afa agu is a special afa done to ascertain exactly who reincarnated..
It has different method but in all the names of the people that have died both from paternal side and maternal side of the child will be mentioned and the person who really reincarnated will show his or herself.
Not every dibia does afa agu, it is purely onatalu chi, if it is in your akalaka, you will do it but if it is not, you can’t do it no matter how strong you are as a dibia or Ezenwanyi.
It is from this afa, that you will know the river that child came from if he or she is from water, because the river that person who reincarnates fetches while alive is the river of origin of that child.. If it is many river, the names of the rivers will be listed for the right one to be picked by afa.
If the child is going to be a dibia mmiri or onye owu mmiri, all the sacrifices concerning his institution of spiritual connection MUST be in that river, no other river, but if he is just a mariner not going to take up spiritual duties like saving lives, he can do his or her usually sacrifices as onye mmiri in any river but MUST call on his or her co-marimers to come and take the sacrifice after offering it as he or she is going he must offer to his ndi otu enu ala, mostly, mariners do have otu elu ala also, if you offer to ndi mmiri and did not offer to ndi elu ala they will not be happy with you and can spoil your sacrifice.
The day, the person will go for this sacrifice, he will go straight home after it and will not go out again till the next day but once got home, will offer saraka to the kids in the compound or near the house before going into the house to be indoor till the next day.
That night or before 4days after the ritual, that person must have a dream that will show if the ritual was successful or not, some will see themselves inside the river some walking on the river accompanied by someone.
After that, the person supposed to be getting favours and open doors, while he or she won’t stop sacrifice and communications among the spirits that follows the person…..Seê _ Morê
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