Egungun Festival in Ido-Ani, South-West Nigeria

Oluwatoyin M. Olaiya and Olukemi M. Olofinsao

International Journal of Culture and History, 2022, vol. 9, issue 1, 78

Abstract: Much work had been carried out on the traditional festivals and traditions of Yorùbá people. However, sufficient attention had not been given to traditional festivals in Ò̩sé̩ area of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria. This study, therefore, explores Egúngún festival among the Ìdó-Àní people. The work examines the socio-cultural significance of the festival, its relationship with traditional structures of the community as well as what extent modern change has corroded the festival. This work relies much on field work and the theoretical framework is based on the sociological approach which deals with culture of the society. The study reveals that the festival not only strengthens the bond among the quarters in the community; it also indicates that Ìdó-Àní people did not allow modernization and foreign religion to eradicate their cultural values and identity. The study also shows the aesthetics and didacticism of oral performances and expands our understanding of traditional festival in this part of Yorùbá land.

Date: 2022
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ijch/article/download/19531/15153 (application/pdf)
https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ijch/article/view/19531 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mth:ijch88:v:9:y:2022:i:1:p:78

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Culture and History is currently edited by Bill Johnson

More articles in International Journal of Culture and History from Macrothink Institute
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Technical Support Office ().