 Around Nkarahia, in southern Igboland, there are the most elaborate chi shrines which are decorated with colourful china plates inset into the clay walls of the chi shrine building; the altars hold sacred emblems, while the polished mud benches hold offerings of china, glass, manillas, and food.As a marker of personal fortune or misfortune, good acts or ill, chi can be described as a focal point for 'personal religion.