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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.
Iganmode Cultural Festival (also known as Odun Omo Iganmode) is an annual festival celebrated by the Awori Yoruba people of the ancient city of Ota in Ogun State, Nigeria. [1] The week long annual festival usually takes place in December of every year, [ 2 ] to showcase the cultural, spiritual and mystical heritage of the Ota Awori people.
Zangbeto in 2006 Zangbeto in a vodun-festival in Benin.. Zangbeto are the traditional voodoo guardians of the night among the Ogu (or Egun) people of Benin, Togo, and Nigeria.A traditional police and security institution, the Zangbeto cult is charged with the maintenance of law and order, and ensures safety and security within Ogu communities. [1]
The Beninese government planned "Ouidah '92: The First International Festival of Vodun Arts and Cultures," which took place in 1993; [146] among the special guests invited were Pierre Verger and Mama Lola, reflecting attempts to build links across the African diaspora. [128] It also established 10 January as "National Vodún Day."
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.
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The egungun festival is one of the celebrations. Every year in July/August, the festival lasts seven days unless there is a reason for another seven-day extension. [25] On the last day of the festival, all of the masquerades gather in Ipetumodu Market Square (in front of the Apetumodu palace) to entertain the crowd. [26]
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