In return the groom gives salutatory salaam wishes to his blessers, especially to female elders.

Lucretia: One of the female elders.

Aurora: One of the female elders.

These sculptures are made to be worn as insignias by male and female elders of the Osugbo society, an important judiciary body in the community.

Girls traditionally learned household skills from their female elders by the age of eight.

She initially believed the story as Dr. Doreen Kartinyeri was in a position to have secrets passed to her by the female elders.

All clans had female elders who acted as midwives, but their knowledge was based on practical experience and observation.

Astonised from young age, The female elders, performed their hairstyle out as Chignon style only.

Instead of parents, children have male and female elders.

Villages consisted of lodges called wigwams as well as long houses, and tribes were led by male or female elders known as sachems.