Ede women wear a skirt and vest and men wear loincloths. They like to wear copper, silver or bead ornaments. According to ancient principles, the Ede have to file six front teeth of their upper jaw. Now, the young Ede people do not follow this practice. In Ede society, matriarchy prevails.
Women are the masters of their families.
The children take the family name of the mother. The right of inheritance is reserved for daughters only. After marriage, the man comes to live at his wife's house. If the wife dies and nobody among the wife's relatives replaces her position, the man will return to his home and live with his sisters. He is buried among his maternal relatives' graves.