Religion of the Yoruba people of Africa / West African Orisa
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Yoruba religion
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The Orisha: Aganju
Agemo
Ajaka
Ayao
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Elegua
Erinle
Eshu
Ibeji
Oduduwa
Ogun
Olokun
Ori
Oko
Oshumare
Ọba
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Ọṣun
Ọya
Shango
Yemọja
Beliefs
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Ifá
Ori
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Ajere Ifa
Babalawo/Iyalawo
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Epa mask
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Letra del año
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Osanyin staff
Variants
African Theological Archministry (United States)
Candomblé, Ketu (Brazil)
Kélé (Saint Lucia)
Quimbanda (Brazil)
Santería (Cuba)
Tambor de Mina (Brazil)
Trinidad Orisha (Trinidad)
Umbanda (Brazil)
Yoruba religion (Nigeria)
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Oyo
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The Yoruba religion (Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), West African Orisa (Òrìṣà), or Isese (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the Yoruba people. Its homeland is in present-day Southwestern Nigeria, which comprises the majority of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara and Lagos States, as well as parts of Kogi state and the adjoining parts of Benin and Togo, commonly known as Yorubaland (Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire).
It shares some parallels with the Vodun practiced by the neighboring Fon and Ewe peoples to the west and with the religion of the Edo people to the east. Yoruba religion is the basis for a number of religions in the New World, notably Santería, Umbanda, Trinidad Orisha, and Candomblé.[1] Yoruba religious beliefs are part of Itàn (history), the total complex of songs, histories, stories, and other cultural concepts which make up the Yoruba society.[1][2][3]
^ abAbimbola, Kola (2005). Yoruba Culture: A Philosophical Account (Paperback ed.). Iroko Academics Publishers. ISBN 1-905388-00-4.
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