Okonkwo and some of the tribesmen were about to drink wine before taking care of business. They all drank, but before they began their wives were called to drink the wine. When Nwakibie's wife entered, “She was wearing the anklet of her husband's titles, which only the first wife could wear. She approached her husband and accepted the horn from him…” (Achebe 15). If women had no value, then men could begin the ceremony without the entry of their wives. Instead, women were called, which shows value in drinking wine before starting their business. Nwakibie's wife wearing her husband's titles shows how important she is to her husband and her high value. Women are also important in the Umuofia tribe when it comes to marriage. When Obrierika's daughter had her Uri, "Everyone had been invited...but it was really a female ceremony and the central figures were the bride and her mother" (Achebe 84). The bride and her mother were the "central figures" of the ceremony because the bride is loved and esteemed by everyone. Without her, a man cannot have children or a wife to take care of the housework. Another example of the importance of a woman in traditional ceremonies is when Uzowulu mistreated his wife. His wife's brothers took her away from Uzowulu as punishment for almost beating her to death. The Wicked Forest responded to Uzowulu and