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Eyo Festival, Orishas Yoruba, Yoruba Religion, Yoruba People, African Spirituality, Facts For Kids, We Are The World, African Culture, Gods And Goddesses

Eyo masquerades don’t speak to anyone; apparently, it is a ‘no-no’. However, they do have a strange way of communicating with observers and spectators. Throaty short words, almost inaudible but uttered in strange eerie-like sounds. What is the message they give and what does it mean?

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Adrienne Anderson
Yorubaland, the cultural region of the Yoruba people in West Africa. Spans the modern day countries of Nigeria, Togo, and Benin. Yoruba Language, Yoruba Religion, Yoruba People, African Royalty, Art Premier, African People, Out Of Africa, Art Africain, We Are The World

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Robert Evans
The Orangun of Ila, late 19th Century. As a direct descendant of one of sixteen children of Odudua, the god, orisha, who added the creation of the world and who was the first king of the Yoruba people, the Orangun is one of the few Yoruba kings privileged to wear the veiled beaded crown. Whether it was orisha Olokun or orisha Obalufon who blessed mankind with the gift of beads, the privilege of their use has traditionally been reserved to kings, to the priests and priestesses of certain god... Yoruba People 19th Century, Capoeira, Ancient Yoruba People, Nigerian Aesthetic, African Traditional Religions, Creation Of The World, Yoruba People, Beaded Crown, African Royalty

The Orangun of Ila, late 19th Century. As a direct descendant of one of sixteen children of Odudua, the god, orisha, who added the creation of the world and who was the first king of the Yoruba people, the Orangun is one of the few Yoruba kings privileged to wear the veiled beaded crown. Whether it was orisha Olokun or orisha Obalufon who blessed mankind with the gift of beads, the privilege of their use has traditionally been reserved to kings, to the priests and priestesses of certain…

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Raúl Ernesto Chacón Carrasco

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