Amiedi Soup A Delicacy of Cultural Identity and Association in Uduophori Community of Delta State

The need for cultural identity as a way of building society has drawn a lot of attention in recent times. This is because people are identified by their culture and can predict to a large extent what ought to be the likely behavioral pattern of individuals or group of people by investigating their cultural/traditional belief system and association. Amiedi soup is a cultural meal that has over the years grown to be a delicacy that families in Urhobo society can hardly do without. The people of Uduophori who are being showcased in this study are known to consume Amiedi soup among their people including those in the diaspora. Amiedi is a savory soup garnished with assorted traditional spices that stimulate the appetite for more. This study has become necessary because the soup has a lot to show in term of cultural and social identity of the Uduophori people of the Patani local Government. The qualitative research methodology was adopted for this research work, with focus on 40 households and five traditional titled Chiefs. The primary and secondary sources of data collection were explored. 15 (fifteen) households within the Uduophori community in Patani Local Government and15 (fifteen Households among the Uduophori community in Ughelli town in Ughelli North Local government and 10 (ten) households of indigenes of Uduophori who reside outside Delta State. 40 questionnaires were distributed to 40 households and the five traditional Chiefs were verbally interviewed. Primary and secondary sources of data were used to get a thorough analysis of the issues at hand. The research therefore concluded that there was an innate inbuilt instinct in man that serves as a magnetic force that produced cultural activities. Thus, culture initiate traditional foods, so cultural identity and associations are linear motor that cumulate into the traditional/cultural food of an environment.

Amiedi soup, Culture, Identity, Uduophori Community, Delta State.

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