Ichi ya kasance tabon fuska da akasarin mazan kabilar Igbo na Najeriya ke sawa.Tabo ya nuna cewa mai sawa ya wuce ta farkon farawa a cikin al'ummar Nze na Ozo,[1]don haka alamar mai sawa a matsayin daukaka.Ana samun maganganun wannan al'adar a cikin kalmar Ichie ta zamani,wacce ke nuni da memba na wani aji na manyan sarakuna a cikin Igbo.

Ichi (scarification)
Wani dan kabilar Igbo mai alamar fuska da aka fi sani da Ichi

An gano tabon ne a tsakanin maza a yankin Awka-Nri da kuma tsakanin wasu mata kalilan a yankin Awgwu da Nkanu.An ba masu saye da izinin yin aikin tsarkakewa na ƙazanta da ba da laƙabi ga mutane. Ana ɗaukar mutanen da ke da alamar fuska a matsayin mazan Nri kuma ba a cika ɗaukar su a matsayin bayi ba.Watakila wasu sassan kasar Igbo sun fara sanya Ichi a sakamakon haka.[2]Akwai salo guda biyu;Salon Nri da ake sawa a yankunan Awka-Nri,da salon Agbaja da ake sawa a yankunan Awgwu da Nkanu.[1] A cikin salon Nri,layin da aka sassaƙa yana gudana daga tsakiyar goshi har zuwa ƙwanƙwasa.Layi na biyu ya bi ta fuskar,daga kuncin dama zuwa hagu.An maimaita wannan don samun tsarin da ake nufi don yin koyi da hasken rana. A cikin salon Agbaja,ana ƙara da'irori da nau'ikan madauwari zuwa farkon ƙaƙa don wakiltar wata. An ba wa wakilan eze Nri waɗannan tabo;mbùríchi.[3] Tabarbarewar ita ce hanyar Nris na girmama rana da suke bautawa kuma wani nau'i ne na tsarkakewa.[4]

Duba kuma

gyara sashe
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  2. Isichei, page 34.
  3. Chambers, page 31
  4. Thomas, page 413—414.