Yoruba Religion
19 entries in the Yoruba Religion compendium.
Yoruba religionTraditional Yoruba religion, source of global African diaspora faiths.AṣẹA natural force that creates and facilitates change.ChrislamA Yoruba-born assemblage of Christian and Muslim practice.Epa maskYoruba ceremonial mask honoring community roles and ancestors.GẹlẹdẹA Yoruba masked spectacle honoring the power of mothers.Ifa-OrishaYoruba religion centered on Ifá divination and Orisha veneration.IfẹAncient Yoruba city, spiritual home of 401 deities.Iganmode Cultural FestivalAnnual Awori cultural festival in Ota, Ogun State.Iyami AjeRevered female power in Yoruba cosmology.NagosBrazilian Yoruba people and their preserved religious traditions.Oba (ruler)Pre-nominal honorific for Yoruba kings and Benin rulers.Oba's crownThe beaded crown embodies royal ancestral force and divine authority.OdigbaBound beaded collar or sash of Yoruba royalty and priests.ÒgbóniFraternal institution of Yoruba nobility with political and religious roles.Ojeh SocietyA Yoruba-derived fraternal society in Sierra Leone and The Gambia.OyotunjiA Yoruba-style village founded in 1970 in South Carolina.PatakíOral teaching stories of the Lucumí faith.J. D. Y. PeelBritish scholar of Yoruba religious history and African independent churches.Yoruba iconoclasmDestruction of Yoruba art for religious reasons, later challenged.
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