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    elaborate costumes that wouldn't be seen. Lawal, Babatunde (1996). The Gèlèdé spectacle : art, gender, and social harmony in an African culture. Seattle:...
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    spirit's representation in the Gelede tradition. Initiates of Gelede receive a shrine to Oduduwa along with a Gelede costume and mask. This speaks to...
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    nicknamed "Gelede" because she was obese like her mother. Also like her mother, Gelede loved dancing. After getting married themselves, neither Gelede or Efe's...
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    feature prominently in the rituals of certain African cultures. In the Gelede cult of the Yoruba people of Benin and Southwest Nigeria, a spotted hyena...
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  • that Yemoja is the leader of Iyami as well as the founder and owner of Gelede, a society devoted to Iyami. While the town of Ota, Nigeria is the town...
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    Practices Ajere Ifa Babalawo/Iyalawo Cowrie-shell divination Egungun Epa mask Gẹlẹdẹ Letra del año Obi divination Osanyin staff Variants African Theological...
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    Practices Ajere Ifa Babalawo/Iyalawo Cowrie-shell divination Egungun Epa mask Gẹlẹdẹ Letra del año Obi divination Osanyin staff Variants African Theological...
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    New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 52ff. Drewal, M. T., and H. J. Drewal. 1983. Gelede: A Study of Art and Feminine Power Among the Yoruba. Bloomington: Indiana...
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  • Geledés - Black Women's Institute (Geledés - Instituto da Mulher Negra) is a Brazilian political organization of black women against racism and sexism...
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    Practices Ajere Ifa Babalawo/Iyalawo Cowrie-shell divination Egungun Epa mask Gẹlẹdẹ Letra del año Obi divination Osanyin staff Variants African Theological...
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    Tempo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 January 2024. "Em Debate". Geledes.org.br. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 21 July...
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    is viewed by the people of Benin.[ambiguous] Quintessence Film Festival Gelede Festival Waba Festival International Festival of the Dahomean Culture. The...
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  • Mother” in the Yoruba language (Ìyá: Mother; Nlá: Big or Great). In The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ Spectacle: Art, Gender, and Social Harmony in an African Culture, art...
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    Aka music Chopi timbila Garifuna culture Afounkaha Gbofe Gẹlẹdẹ Gule Wamkulu Ifá Ijele Masquerade Kamablon re-roofing Kankurang Manden Charter Mauritian...
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    Aka music Chopi timbila Garifuna culture Afounkaha Gbofe Gẹlẹdẹ Gule Wamkulu Ifá Ijele Masquerade Kamablon re-roofing Kankurang Manden Charter Mauritian...
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    the Bini. The most popular Yoruba manifestations of this custom are the Gelede masquerades. Women wear long flowing robes and headscarves made by local...
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    Practices Ajere Ifa Babalawo/Iyalawo Cowrie-shell divination Egungun Epa mask Gẹlẹdẹ Letra del año Obi divination Osanyin staff Variants African Theological...
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    (although this was a minority of Oku) and cultural aspects such as egungun, gelede, hunters' masquerade, esusu, awujoh and komojadé. However, as scholars have...
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    lumtur pergjithmonë And they lived happy forever Afrikaans Eendag, lank gelede... One day, a long time ago... Fluit, fluit, die storie is uit Whistle,...
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  • 2008-09-04. Kawakami, Alexandre (2014-06-04). "Racismo à moda da casa". Portal Geledés. Retrieved 2022-05-20. "Do sol nascente aos tristes trópicos". 2020-08-08...
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    Afrobeats Sakara Folk / Traditional Bolojo Obitun Bírípo Bata Olele Ijala Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ Ekun Iyawo/Rara Dadakuada Oriki Esa Alamo Ogede Gbedu Iremoje Ewì Notable...
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    Aka music Chopi timbila Garifuna culture Afounkaha Gbofe Gẹlẹdẹ Gule Wamkulu Ifá Ijele Masquerade Kamablon re-roofing Kankurang Manden Charter Mauritian...
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    Practices Ajere Ifa Babalawo/Iyalawo Cowrie-shell divination Egungun Epa mask Gẹlẹdẹ Letra del año Obi divination Osanyin staff Variants African Theological...
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