%0 Journal Article
%T Ar¨¢ ¨°run K¨¬n-¨¬n Kin-in: ¨°y¨®-Y¨°r¨´b¨¢ Eg¨²ng¨²n Masquerade in Communion and Maintenance of Ontological Balance £¿
%A Abiodun Olasupo Akande
%J -
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy3010007
%X Abstract The belief that there is life after death and that the spirits of the deceased are directly involved in the daily affairs of the living are strong among the ¨°y¨®-Yor¨´b¨¢ people of south-western Nigeria. These beliefs are evident in their eg¨²ng¨²n culture, a decidedly Yor¨´b¨¢ masking culture in which the spirits of long-dead ancestors are believed to manifest in bodily form as eg¨²ng¨²n, in re-visitations to the people they once knew and community they once lived in. The present study explores the connexion processes through which eg¨²ng¨²n Mowuru and Je¨½j¨´ have engaged in establishing and maintaining contact between the living and the dead in the ¨°y¨® community. In this ethnographic study, two eg¨²ng¨²n personages (el¨¦¨¦g¨²n) who have been directly involved in actual masking of eg¨²ng¨²n were interrogated about their first-hand experiences. Fifteen other worshipers and stakeholders of eg¨²ng¨²n were also interviewed. It was observed that the art and performances that institute contact by human with the spirits of the eg¨²ng¨²n share basic worship principles as found in other religions. Such principles include regular worship, invocations, sacrificing of materials and spilling of blood to the spirit of Je¨½j¨´ and Mowuru to ensure communication and provoke ontological balance between the two worlds. View Full-Tex
%K eg¨²ng¨²n
%K ¨°y¨®
%K al¨¢l¨¨
%K life-after-death
%K Yor¨´b¨¢
%K Ar¨¢ ¨°run K¨¬n-¨¬n kin-in
%U https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/3/1/7