POINTS TO NOTE IN TRADITIONAL UKWUANI DRESSING.

WOMEN.
Generally in Delta state as a rule, we match our headties to our blouses. (The Igbos match their headties to their Wrappers.) Though some tweak this by tying two colours of headties to match the wrapper and blouse.

Shoes and bags are also colour coordinated to match the wrapper. Some (especially Yorubas) usually match their shoes and bags to their headties as their Iro and Buba are usually of same colour But what's is not acceptable is to wear different colour in shoes and bags.

Gorge or Hollandaise with lace blouses are generally for occasions like weddings, Chieftaincy ceremonies etc
Regular wear can be Block prints Ankara sewn into wrapper and blouse or Ankara wrapper and an English blouse.

Our wrappers are fuller (complete 6 yards) with the bottom wrapper being a bit smaller than the upper wrapper. In Ukwuani, and Delta in general, it is regarded as extreme poverty to tie 4 yards and this is where we laugh the Igbo women.

Gold and Corals are jewelry items for Occasions quite cherished in the whole of Niger Delta.

MEN
6 Yards of wrapper tied in such a way that it has pleatings in front with enough left to drape.(modern dressers are leaving out the drape though) A matching above- knee-length lace shirt with gold buttons, A cap and walking stick. Coral beads and shoes to complete the ensemble.

IMPORTANT! (This will help you understand what you are copying and the original owners)

*Ishi-agu material made into shirt and worn over English pants with red caps or knitted multicolored caps belong to the Igbos.
* Senator material sewn into shirts and trousers with gold buttons belong to our Ijaw brothers.
*Tying double Igele actually started with the Urhobos, Isokos and Itsekiris but have gained grounds in Ukwuani land.
*One wrapper and blouse belong to the Hausas and Fulanis.
*Iro, Sokoto and Buba belong to the Yorubas
*Akwa-ocha and Ivory - which we call Odu or white Corals belongs to the Aniomas (ASABA and its environs)
*Okuku head dress and Coral shoulder blouse and wine velvet wrapper tied on the chest and dropping down to the ankles is the attires of the Bini woman or 'Ndi Idu' as we call them. Their men tie white wrappers over white singlets and wide, round coral neck pieces and on their wrists.
The Ijaws and Calabaris also have their head dresses used in their Iria celebrations. Beaded walking sticks is usually used in wedding ceremonies by the Ijaws (Originally pronounced as 'Izon') and Calabaris.
*Akwaete is a traditional cloth woven on looms that belong to people of Ogoni, Obunku and Akwaete in Ndoki land (Ndoki has its lands divided and carved into Abia, Rivers and Cross-river States respectively) Their Akwaete is in same genre as the Aso-oke (Yorubas), the woven red and black striped cloth( Idoma), the woven black & white cloth (Tiv) and the Yellow, black, green & white stripe woven cloth (Igala) and Akwa-ocha (Delta). The Fulanis have their traditional woven cloth in Deep blue and black as well as the 'Milk maid' attire comprising the crop top showing off their midriff on a skimpy wrapper. A leather purse slung over their shoulders, a calabash of milk balanced in their heads, beads on the waist and neck and upper arm leather bands finish off the ensemble. black colored items to wear of the cocktail occasions

Overtime the lines of which type of dressing belongs to which tribe of the Niger Delta have become blurred as all the tribes have both influenced each other to rebirth some unique and stylish ensembles. However, it is imperative that we know which belongs to which tribe for record purposes and an understanding of what and what not to cocktail even as we let our creativity run amok.

I stand to be corrected as this is just a guide and my own little contributions towards promoting Ndokwa culture.