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Com grande orgulho e plena satisfação apresento meu filho carnal jhonatan ty yemonja seguindo as tradições hierarquia dessa nossa cultura a qual tanto amo orisas .lembrando que nossos filhos levam para sempre em suas mentes os valores de fé em ...

“Your ancestors told you that Oduduwa came to this earth through a long strong chain but all they reply with is that it’s just a superstition and untrue legends. Ohhhhhh I wonder!!! It’s not true? But when you were told ...

| | | | | | | | | | | |   Ekaaro eyin eniyan mi, aojiire bi? Aku ise ana o, eledumare yio pin ere kanwa o, ayo ojo oni koni fiwa sile o ase. Odu ifa OWONRINSINDIN/EDI ...

When one dies and is Judged after Death, the Soul enters in a State of Consciousness of Depuration or Purification, in that moment You don’t FEEL as a Human, You lose all Human Feelings, all Carnal Passionate Feelings, Anger, Rage, ...

Egungun Festival Oyo 51 Egungun from different compounds came to give Iwure (prayer) for the Alaafin of Oyo. Jenju Alapinni Mahuru Alaafin Elegbaa Oya Alaodi Paje Ojebode Olonnu Iseke Panlaya Olotefon Olukotun Asalu Oba Lebe Oje Agborako Pekepeke Alapinni Irunmole ...

Of all the traditional Yoruba festivals, Egungun (I.e. Masquerade) festival was undoubtedly my favorite. As a kid, I would follow the Egungun ensembles from their respective compounds to the King’s palace. My favorite Egungun, by far, was Andu (image not ...

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Egungun , in the broadest sense of the word, refers to all types of Yoruba masquerades or masked, costumed figures. When used in its more specific, common sense, ” Egungun ” refers to the Yoruba masquerades connected with ancestor reverence, ...