Nigerian Parasuit and What it says about Us as a People

Nigerian Parasuit and What it says about Us as a People

by Okomyson Mark on Sunday, December 26, 2010 at 9:51am

For most of my friends who always asked me what and why I call this our dressing Parasuit and object to wearing it even when I can purchase a container load of it..... Lets  be honest to ourselves.. My question is very simple. when you look at this picture, does it not look like a parasuit and dont you think that the governor, I mean the clown is risking his life and that he is a road hazard, in fact he is a nuisance to other road users.. imagine what could happen if God forbid he fly off from that bike and land on our meat on one of the numerous high-jack( bicycle) taking them to Ariaria or cemetery market?... wahala dey seriously!.. 

And even the funny names we give this dresses and how our people especially the women feel so powerful wearing 10 yards of textile on their body.. Honestly wahala dey seriously. I call it parasuit and we should stop risking our lives... one of my Hausa friend made a case for their own style of the parasuit, claiming that theirs  is less heavy compared to our Isi- Enyi.. ( igbo`s parasuit ).... Haha... I honestly believe that one complete Isi-Enyi will conveniently weigh ten pounds and even upon the heat and the sweat "plus including" the embarrassing walking stick we proudly carry about as "chiefs and whatever...."

Is even funny when people go to church and for whatever reason, you see our people saying "I claim it in Jesus name" even with the "nkpaka" or nkpara."( walking stick) My question again is a very simple one. Why do you want to go about with this nkpaka shit and be claiming "cripple or handicap" in the name of tradition... all over the place... hahah. seriously wahala dey... I know one mumu will say, just because you cant afford it, so dont condemn it...I have them just to show the same mumus, but I really dont see the reason why I should stress my life in the Nigerian sun wearing a 10 pounds parasuit,when I can easily wear a clean shirt and trousers that weigh just less than 2 or 3 ponds and save the remaining 7 pounds for other people..

As far as I am concern, our mode/ style of dressing, still exhibit that inherent greedy nature in all of us. And we are still wondering why our environment is in the shape it is today........ Yes some may argue that our dressing has nothing to do with our environment and all that..... our lame excuses that we use to defend our so called ways of life, but I believe that we all are just as greedy in some way as our leaders even as we will like to claim otherwise.......