Ohurikaka
Gotten from two words, “Ohuri” meaning raffia and “kaka” meaning tie, Ohurikaka is the practice involved in the symbolic tying of raffia around the waist of a bride flanked by her groom implying the total bonding of the couple for eternity.
For the Okrika people, Iya is the climax of all marital rites and its practice differs among the various Okrika clans in the State.
According to Chapter 220, section 15 of the Matrimonial Cause Act of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990, death is one factor that leads to the dissolution of marriage if there is a pursuant for such dissolution. But for the Okrika people of Rivers State, South-South Nigeria, brides who are married according to the “Iya” tradition, are married to their husbands even in death unless she is “released” by the family of her late husband after some rituals would have been performed.
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