Nkuho is a traditional Efik and Ibibio culture ritual from Nigeria, also known as the “fattening room,” where girls are secluded and taught domestic skills, marital virtues, and are expected to gain weight to be seen as attractive and fertile for marriage.

The practice serves as a rite of passage from maidenhood to womanhood and aims to transmit cultural knowledge and prepare young women for their roles as wives and mothers, although its practice has been modified and decreased due to cultural evolution.