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Egungun of Lagos started his content creation career in 2018. [3] He began as a dancer in school, where he was initially recognised. He made up the name "Egungun", after wearing the Yoruba masquerade Egungun, and switching to informal interviews. [4] He is also known for his catchphrase, "Damn! It's massive baby!" which became popular in ...
Aláàrìnjó (otherwise known as Apidàn) is a traditional dance-theatre troupe among the Yoruba.. According to music historian Roger Blench, Aláàrìnjó dates back to the sixteenth century and probably developed from the Egúngún masquerade.
Egungun, masked costumed figures of the Yoruba people. Egungun, Yoruba language: Egúngún, also known as Ará Ọ̀run (The collective dead) in the broadest sense is any Yoruba masquerade or masked, costumed figure. [1] More specifically, it is a Yoruba masquerade for ancestor reverence, or the ancestors themselves as a collective force.
Video in language of the Ogu people (Gungbe) introducing Gungbe Wikipedia. The Gun people, also rendered Ogũ, Ogun and Egun, is an ethnic group principally found in Lagos and Ogun State regions of southwestern Nigeria, and Ouémé Department in the southeast of the Republic of Benin, who speak the Gun language.
The Republic of Benin and Nigeria contain the highest concentrations of Yoruba people and Yoruba faiths in all of Africa. Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago are the countries in the Americas where Yoruba cultural influences are the most noticeable, particularly in popular religions like Vodon, Santéria, Camdomblé, and Macumba.
Mask for King Obalufon II; c. 1300 CE; copper; height: 29.2 cm; discovered at Ife; Ife Museum of Antiquities (Ife, Nigeria) The Yoruba of West Africa (Benin, Nigeria and Togo) are responsible for a distinct artistic tradition in Africa, a tradition that remains vital and influential today. [1]
Traditionally, the Awori people are found in Ogun State and Lagos State, Nigeria. [1] [2] Towns including Oto Awori, Araromi-Ale, Esepe Iworo, Badagry, Ota, Ado-Odo, Isheri, Igbesa, Agbara, Ilobi, and Tigbo are all Awori settlements within today's Ogun State (created 1976) in Nigeria.
Another celebration is the Egungun festival, which is held annually in May and lasts seven days. ... Osun State, Nigeria. 1st edition, 1997. Printed in Nigeria. This ...