EYO MASQUERADE OF LAGOS, NIGERIA

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Hi good day guys, today I will be talking about a particular Masquerade that is well known to Lagosians and so many people over the world have heard or seen it before. It's called the Eyo Festival.

Eyo Masquerade, the most good celebration of Lagosians would include around 53 gatherings (Iga) in the current year's celebration with five gatherings of the Orisas as the top of all. The Adimu, (Orisa baba Nla Mila); Okanlaba Ekun (Alakete pupa), the Olopa Eyo; Eyo Orisa Oniko (Abara yewu, egun onigemo); Eyo Orisa Ologede (Olugbani) and Eyo Orisa Angere (Agere Mo Lokun) separately. The celebration is utilized to check essential occasions and burial service functions.

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Frequently, it is done out of appreciation for the death of an Oba, a Boss, or a striking Lagosian who has contributed hugely to the improvement of Lagos. Its prominence extends past the shores of this country, it very well may be inferred that the Eyo Masquerade itself is for the Lagosians. The remarkable component of this occasion is its rare arrangements, the Eyo doesn't hang on a yearly premise like the famous Lagos festivals of Olowogbowo, Oko-Faji and so forth There have been times in the past when for a very long time, the occasion didn't hold, likewise there have been years when Eyo was organized, three, four and multiple times in a solitary year: 1903, 1906 and 1909 individually.

Assumptions for the people who are yet to observe the Adamu Orisa Play may be restricted to the generally comfortable masquerades with a clothing of various shadings and whips yet the Eyo Masquerade is in no way, shape or form comparative; the streaming white poplin (aropale), the enhanced cap (Gorilla/Aga) which separates one Eyo bunch from the others and the Eyo staff (opa eyo) used to expand the endowments of the Adamu Orisa Play by contacting an individual, is a matchless component and a marvel to see.

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Assumptions for the people who are yet to observe the Adamu Orisa Play may be restricted to the all around comfortable masquerades with a clothing of various tones and whips yet the Eyo Masquerade is in no way, shape or form comparative; the streaming white poplin (aropale), the enhanced cap (Chimp/Aga) which separates one Eyo bunch from the others and the Eyo staff (opa eyo) used to expand the favors of the Adamu Orisa Play by contacting an individual, is an incomparable element and a stunner to view

Adamu Orisa started from Benin. Eyo celebration affects the travel industry directly from the time the Portuguese previously set foot on Eko and dedicated it Lagos, the Island has drawn in outsiders because of its many benefits as a seaport.

It was noted that Eyo Orisa Oniko was close to Eyo Orisa Adimu in rank however that Oba Adele, during his rule requested Okanlabato to accept the subsequent position and it has been similar to that from that point forward. It was additionally affirmed that Eyo Okanlaba has no Orisa except for 'Laba (emblematic Pack), which is the property of the ruling Oba.In the mean time, each "Orisa of Eyo" has conventional capacities which should proceed as coordinated by the Preeminent Top of all the Orisas, "Orisa Adimu", including the Eyo Onilaba known as the Eyo Oba or Eyo Alakete Pupa. Laba is the "Police" of the Orisa Adimu organization. They are to guarantee and keep up with most extreme discipline among the Eyo gatherings.

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