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Most people think feederism and fat admiration are purely modern kinks, but in parts of Africa, they’ve been cultural practices for centuries.

In my culture (Nigeria), fatness traditionally symbolised wealth, beauty, fertility, and good health. Among the Efik people in Calabar, brides-to-be would be secluded in special “fattening rooms” for months. There, they’d be pampered, taught womanhood, and encouraged to gain weight before marriage.

These images are from both modern ceremonies and historical records 👇
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When I look at this community, I see a parallel: what we do here isn’t strange or “taboo” it’s part of a long human tradition of celebrating fatness as power, prosperity, and attraction.

Maybe Fantasy Feeder isn’t just fantasy at all… maybe it’s a continuation of something much older.

Had anyone here ever heard of the Calabar fattening room before?

You’ve hit on a number of parallels between cultures, indeed. As also seen in Buddhist culture, a fattened belly isn’t seen as weakness. It is seen as a strength. It’s seen as a sign of stature. 👍

I'm familiar, but I'm a Pan-Africanist.

There are a lot of tribes throughout the continent that practice fattening up women as well as some that fatten up men (like the Bodi tribe).

If we zoom out a ways, we will see there are many cultures that prize fatness in some form. In fact, valuing thinness is a more recent thing relatively speaking.

I feel odd bringing it up, as I know I'd probably teeter the line of fetishizing the culture, but it is nice knowing this is natural, even normal in some parts of the world.

We should acknowledge in some countries in africa such as mauritania, girls are brutally force fed to increase their attractiveness for marriage. Just thought I'd bring it up.

The cultures around fattening people up are a reflection of gender roles. When it's about fattening women, it's to highlight their submission to men. When it's men fattening up, it is to show their power.

This is not to say cultures who do not do this are better. They are not. In fact, they are terrible in their own ways. But I believe if we could achieve gender equality, it would fix a lot of things.

Westerners beat them by complete accident.😂

I don’t believe feedism is a part of feeding rituals and is in no way connected to some cultures seemingly infatuation with fat. I think that’s us reading into it with our fetish eyes.

A culture is a peoples survival mechanism passed down generation to generation, these fattening rituals are simply there way of ensuring to the best of their ability, the rearing of children. Just imo.

What I would like to know is if these people follow a calendar at all and the time when these rituals happen? Do they happen anytime a woman is about to get married? Once a year? Is it only once per woman?

It depends on the culture, but when it comes to the fattening rooms, the woman goes off to a secluded area when she is of marrying age. Once she's nice and fat, her family makes sure she stays that way until marriage. Her weight is a sign of their prosperity. Once she's married, keeping her fat becomes her husband's duty.