Yoruba culture

Niger-Congo language spoken in West Africa

Fundada por la sacerdotisa Luz María y el sacerdote mayor Obeth de Jesús

thumb|Statues of Orishas in the water at Dique do Tororó Park, Salvador, Bahia|Salvador, [[Bahia, Brazil]]

thumb|Gelede mask from the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Held at the Birmingham Museum of Art thumbnail|Gelede Body Mask thumb|Gelede mask, Afro-Brazilian Museum, São Paulo The Gẹlẹdẹ spectacle of the Yoruba is a public display by colorful masks which combines art and ritual dance to amuse, educate and inspire worship. Gelede celebrates “Mothers” (awon iya wa), a group that includes female ancestors and deities as well as the elderly women of the community, and the power and spiritual capacity these women have in society. Focusing not only on fertility and motherhood but also on correct social beh

thumb|right|300px|A divination tray (Ọpọ́n Ifá) on which cowrie shells rests, as are used for Ifá divination

alt=|thumb|A statue of Oduduwa Odùduwà (, also pronounced Ooduwa, Odudua or Oòdua) was a Yoruba divine king, an Oriṣa in the Yoruba religion, and the progenitor who ushered in the classical period that later led to the foundation of the Ife Empire. His earthly origins are from the village of Oke Ora. According to tradition, he was the holder of the title of the Olofin of Ile-Ife, the Yoruba holy city. He ruled there briefly and also served as the progenitor of a number of independent royal dynasties in Yorubaland, with the praise names Olofin Adimula and Olofin Ayé.

thumb|Egungun, masked costumed figures of the Yoruba people in Oyo, Oyo State|Oyo

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indigo-dyed cloth/textile made in southwestern Nigeria

Abiku is a Yoruba word that can be translated as "born to die" and refers to the spirit of a child who dies young. It is derived from (abi) "that which was born" and (iku) "death".

thumbnail|Yoruba veranda post, Brooklyn Museum

Yoruba woven textile made in narrow strips on a horizontal loom

ceremonial mask worn by the Yoruba people of Nigeria during the Epa masquerade

festival in Badagry, Nigeria

honorific of kings of Benin, Nigeria and Togo

1993 play by Wole Soyinka

art of the Yoruba people

Aso ebi is a uniform dress that is traditionally worn in Sierra Leone and some West African cultures as an indicator of cooperation and solidarity during ceremonies and festive periods

Nigerian festival marking the beginning of the Yoruba Traditional New Year in August

Festival in Nigeria

Yoruba patterned hand woven fabric

Yoruba men's cap

traditional head tie native to Yoruba women

Agbada () : Cloak, Mantle, is the flowing robe traditionally worn by the Yoruba people across West Africa. It comes with an innercloth of varying lengths and it also comes with a pair of bottom wear in form of native trousers called Shokoto. It also is worn most times with different caps like Fila , Abeti Aja and so on. Traditional Yoruba beads are most time worn with it. It's a male attire worn for special events and everyday life, depending on the extravagance of the garment. It is a distinct robe that comes in different styles and designs thumb|Yoruba man in Agbada thumb|A Yoruba man actin

literature in Yoruba language

music of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Togo, and Benin

annual homage by different age groups of Ijebu descent at their king's fore-court

Bọ̀lọ̀jọ̀ is an African dancing and popular musical style among the Yewa Yoruba clans situated in the western regions of Ogun State, Nigeria and other closely linked Yoruba subgroups in the nearby Plateau Department of Benin.

Yoruba festival in Owo, Ondo state,Nigeria

Eyibi/Eluku Festival is an event celebrated by towns and settlements in Ikorodu area of Lagos state and some other parts of Yoruba land. It is an annual traditional festival that is of patriarchal nature, as it is only celebrated by male descendants who are paternal natives to the town. It is also to be noted that it is for males who are specifically natives of Ikorodu.

African regional culture

names associated with Yoruba culture

Oyotunji African Kingdom is a village patterned after the traditional customs and traditions of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Benin and Dahomey, located near Sheldon, Beaufort County, South Carolina that was founded by Oba Efuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi I in 1970.

Aláàrìnjó (otherwise known as Apidàn) is a traditional dance-theatre troupe among the Yoruba. The dance-theatre was developed in the 16th century.

face and body scarifications specific to the Yoruba culture

eyibi festival is an Ikorodu cultural festival

Owanbe (sometimes wrongly spelt Owambe) is a Yoruba term for extravagant parties thrown by the Yoruba people in Yorubaland and the diaspora. The term is derived from the Yoruba expression "Ó wà ní ibẹ̀", directly translating to mean; The place where it is at, but more nuancedly referring to a party or event (often elaborate), where there is a lot of celebration going on. Coinage of the term is attributed to the band of Jùjú musician Tunde Nightingale active from the 1940s. The word soon became synonymous with his brand of Juju music (Owanbe sound) as well as club and party life in urban Wester