This annual event is a traditional Yoruba masquerade celebration to honor one's ancestors through costumed ritual dancing, drumming and food. An opening prayer is said in both the English and Yoruba ...

Nigeria has been celebrating the Yoruba tradition of Egungun, a traditional celebration of ancestors and the dead. Famous for its elaborate and colourful costumes, the event brought together festival ...

Egungun masquerader may be defined as the collective spirits of the ancestors who occupy a space in heaven hence they are called Ara Orun (dwellers of heaven). These ancestral spirits are believed to ...

The bizarre robed figures' words are believed come directly from the gods as they link the living to their ancestors THESE bizarre looking masked figures are believed to be living ghosts with the ...

Agbẹnus fun ile isẹ ọlọpaa ni ipinlẹ Ondo, Femi Joseph ti sọ wi pe ọplọpọ ẹni to n gbe egungun lasiko ọdun egungun lo ma n mu oogun oloro, ti wọn si ma n mu ọti amupara. Eyi ko sẹyin bi Ile-Isẹ ...

Gelede is used in a cult connected to the elderly women. Among the Yoruba, the purpose of the cult of the Gelede is to appease the spirit of witches to use their powers for the protection of the ...