Òrìsá Nlá Festival: Change and Continuity in the Festival of Obàtálá in Ilé-Ifè, Southwestern Nigeria
In the Yòrùbá pantheon, Obàtálá, otherwise known as Òrìsá Nlá, is imagined as a creator god, next only to Olódùmarè. Meanwhile in Ilé-Ifè, Obàtálá is regarded as an important king of Ilé-Ifè, whose reign was significant to the development of monarchy in the reputed source of the Yòrùbá. In Ilé-Ifè,...
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2024
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-28 |
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