Outside Ohafia War Dance, generosity, and hospitality are also Ohafia traditions and culture, not only it is their tradition but also run in their DNA. Nde Ohafia’s cultural hospitality and generosity are extremely interesting.
Ohafia people welcome visitors/strangers into their homes with open hearts, love, and respect, making them feel comfortable and valued. They are kind, selfless, and willing to give or share their resources, time, and assistance with visitors /strangers without expecting anything in return.
In Ohafia, visitors are usually welcomed with open hearts, love, and respect, they are given a sense of belonging, and they are entertained specially. Nde Ohafia usually entertain their visitors with their traditional delicacies such as Ofo Okputa ahū, Ofo ugbogo, Ofo achara,ōtō Mbila, Ukazu, palm wine, etc. This is because Nde Ohafia don’t like entertaining their visitors with common food and also they want to turn the simple visit into a memorable experience.
In Ohafia, visitors are not only entertained by the people they come to visit, but they are also entertained by friends, family, and neighbors of people they come to visit.
There are a lot of people from outside the Ohafia clan living in Ohafia communities and Ohafia people share with them their farmland, give them land to build houses, give them land for their businesses( mostly palm oil, palm wine, and rice production), intermarry with them, and allow them to join their age groups.
The sincere hospitality shown to them by Nde Ohafia has made many of them feel so comfortable that they have not visited or gone back to their community.
Nde Ohafia frowns at crime and they never hesitate to bring anyone who commits a crime to book, however, if a stranger commits a crime in Ohafia, Ohafia people will not lay a finger on the stranger, they will take the stranger to his village, report him to his kinsmen and hand him over to them and warn him never to set his foot in Ohafia land. This is because of the regard and respect Nde Ohafia has for strangers and also how far Nde Ohafia can go to maintain peace with people and tongues.
In Ohafia, it is taboo to ill-treat a stranger, and anyone who ill-treats a stranger will face the consequences.
Nde Ohafia feels joy and fulfillment when they make a difference in someone’s life. Their act of kindness has built meaningful connections with people and has helped them earn a good reputation and respect.
