Reasons why the kola is preferably broken with a knife rather than by
hand? Many of the answers received from the questionnaire indicated that it is due to health reasons, that is, for hygienically reasons
as the immediate motive. Some people
say it is because the kola is sacred, and as much should be treated holy “sanctae sanctae tractate sunt”
The
popular reason is that the kola is
broken with a knife as a mark of honor to it because it is not up to the size of a piece of yam which
people bite and chew. The remote reason is essentially
religious, for people who have
shed blood develop a “ strong
hand “ “aka ike”
and may not
break the sacred kola for others using the soiled or profaned hand
or bloody hand. The sacredness of the oji stems from the fact that oji is Izzi symbol of life
