Owan West

Owan West
LGA
Country	Nigeria
State	Edo State
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)

Owan West is a Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Sabongida Ora.

It has an area of 732 km² and a population of 97,388 at the 2006 census.

The postal code of the area is 313.^[1]

Wedding List is the list given to the intending groom looking to marry a woman from Sabongida Ora (Owan West) . Everything on the list is to be purchased and presented at the traditional wedding ceremony (this is to be fixed and agreed on before list is given). The content of the list varies based on the family head, the standard however are;

1. Bride's dowry ( Depends on the head of the family)

2. Suitcase of clothes

3. An umbrella

4. A Small basin of egusi seeds

5. Twenty-one tubers of yam

6. One smoked/dried antelope

7. Twenty-one kola-nuts (double lobed)

8. One large dried fish

9. Twenty-one pieces of bitter kola

10. A keg of palmwine

11. Twenty-one pieces of alligator pepper

12. Two bottles of schnapps

13. Two bottles of dry gin

14. Two kegs of palm oil (25 litres)

15. Two bags of salt

16. One she-goat

17. A bottle of honey

18. A packet of sugar

19. Two cartons of beer

20. Two cartons of malt drink

21. Two crates each of 3 different soda drinks i.e Cola, Pepsi, Fanta, Mirinda, Sprite e.t.c.

*Idegbe #500 (depends on family)

*Igele #500 (depends on family)

*Erahoin #1,000 (depends on family)

*Iyanhoin #500 (depends on family)

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