Arusi

Individuals who led an honorable life and received a proper burial proceeded to the ancestral realm to take their place among the ancestors ("Ndichie"), who are separate from the Arusi.

From there they kept a watchful eye on the clan and visited their loved ones among the living with blessings such as fertility, good health, longevity, and prosperity.

In gratitude the living offered sacrifices to them at the family hearth, and sought their counsel.

In a small part of Igboland (Imo and Abia states- Mba-area), women who successfully deliver ten children are rewarded with special celebrations and rites that honor their hips.

Agwu is a concept used by the Igbo to explain and understand: good and evil, health and sickness, fortune and misfortune.