Egungun

A Egungun ( Egungun ) is a medium that acts as a mask dancer in a ritual in which it is possessed by the ancestors in the ancestral cult of the Yoruba. In this magical way of ancestor acts on the surviving family members. There are particular burial rites and rituals of graves and shrines. Egungun dancers practicing this function for a family or for a collective.

The Egungun mask covers the entire body of the dancer.

Once a year, celebrate the Yoruba in honor of their ancestors a great feast.

Bibliography

  • African Arts, XI, 3, 1978, special issue Egungun.
  • Dierk Lange: The Egungun in Yoruba and in Ugarit (Syria ). A contribution of anthropology to the Ancient Near Eastern Studies (PDF, 242 kB), in: K. Geisenhainer and K. Lange ( Ed.): Mobile horizons. Festschrift for Bernhard Streck, Leipzig, University Press, 2005, pp. 265-282.
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