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Aṣẹ, àṣẹ [1], aṣe [2], ase, or ashe is a Yoruba philosophy that is defined to represent the power that makes things happen and produces change in the Yoruba religion. It is believed to be given by Olódùmarè to everything — gods, ancestors , spirits, humans, animals, plants, rocks, rivers, and voiced words such as songs, prayers ...
A symbol of the Yoruba religion (Isese) with labels Yoruba divination board Opon Ifá. According to Kola Abimbola, the Yorubas have evolved a robust cosmology. [1] Nigerian Professor for Traditional African religions, Jacob K. Olupona, summarizes that central for the Yoruba religion, and which all beings possess, is known as "Ase", which is "the empowered word that must come to pass," the ...
Olorun (Yoruba alphabet: Ọlọrun) (Ede language: ɔlɔrun) is the ruler of (or in) the Heavens creator of the Yoruba.The Supreme Deity or Supreme Being in the Yoruba pantheon, Olorun is also called Olodumare (Yoruba alphabet: Olódùmarè), Eledumare and Eleduwa/Eledua.
Yoruba law is the legal system of Yorubaland.It is quite intricate, each group and subgroup having a system that varies, but in general, government begins within the immediate family.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 December 2024. Local government area in Ondo State, Nigeria For other uses, see Owo (disambiguation). LGA in Ondo State, Nigeria Owo Ọ̀ghọ̀ Ọ̀ghọ̀ Ìmàdẹ̀ LGA A "Welcome to Owo" signpost Owo Coordinates: 07°11′46″N 05°35′11″E / 7.19611°N 5.58639°E / 7.19611; 5. ...
The Yoruba have a large population in West Africa and broad dispersion through enslavement in the Americas. [ 1 ] The Republic of Benin and Nigeria contain the highest concentrations of Yoruba people and Yoruba faiths in all of Africa .
A type of black soap known as ose-dudu originated with the Yoruba people of Nigeria. A combination of ose-dudu with leaves of the tropical camwood tree (Pterocarpus osun) produces a popular kind of soap with exfoliating properties called Dudu-Osun. [4] Other traditional Nigerian names for black soap include sabulun salo and ncha nkota.
Rooted in the native religion of the Yoruba people, most orishas are said to have previously existed in òrún—the spirit world—and then became Irúnmọlẹ̀—spirits or divine beings incarnated as human on Earth. Irunmole took upon a human identity and lived as ordinary humans in the physical world, but because they had their origin in ...