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2021 Annals Constantin Brancusi U. Targu Jiu, Letters & Soc. Sci. Series 85 (2021)
Discourse on Efe and Gelede Spectacles in Contemporary Yoruba Communities in Nigeria

handle is hein.journals/ancnbt2021 and id is 446 raw text is: ANNALS OF THE CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI UNIVERSITY OF TARGU JIU LETTER AND SOCIAL SCIENCE SERIES ISSN-P: 1844-6051 ~ ISSN-E: 2344-3677 2/2021 https://alss. utgjiu.ro DISCOURSE ON EFE AND GELEDE SPECTACLES IN CONTEMPORARY YORUBA COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA Musediq Olufemi LAWAL, Ph.D. Department of Sociology, Osun State University, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3667-2533 Young Kenneth IRHUE, Ph.D. Department of Political Science and International Relations, Osun State University, Nigeria Nkechi Latifat ALIU College Medical Centre, Federal College of Wildlife Management, New Bussa, Nigeria Abstract: CONSTANT CELEBRATION OF EFE AND GELEDE FESTIVAL REMINDS AND TEACHES THE YORUBA PEOPLE OF THEIR RICH PAST AND DEEP CONNECTION. THE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS PACKAGED INTO THE FESTIVAL EXPLAIN THE MAGICO-RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE THAT PRACTICE IT AS A FESTIVAL. THE FESTIVAL IS A DEMONSTRATION THAT THE YORUBA PEOPLE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF FEMALE GENDER. THE BASIS OF THIS FESTIVAL IS PRIMARILY TO PLACATE AND VENERATE WOMANHOOD FOR THE WELL BEING OF THE SOCIETY. IT EQUALLY SHOWED THE PARAMOUNT POSITION THE FEMALE GENDER IS PLACED WITHIN THE SOCIETY. ASIDE THIS, IT SERVES MANY OTHER PURPOSES SUCH AS SOCIAL CONTROL AND MASS MEDIA MECHANISMS AMONG OTHERS. IT IS WORTHY OF NOTE THAT THIS CELEBRATION OF MOTHERHOOD STILL SURVIVES TILL TODAY IN THE FACE OF THE PREVAILING ALL-CONQUERING EUROCENTRIC SOCIAL VALUES. THE CONTINUOUS HOSTING OF THIS FESTIVAL BEYOND AREAS WHERE IT IS TRADITIONALLY KNOWN SPEAKS VOLUME ABOUT ITS RELEVANCE. THE NEED FOR A FULL APPRECIATION OF ITS SOCIAL RELEVANCE AS WELL AS THE FACTORS THAT SUSTAIN EFE AND GELEDE FESTIVAL IN CONTEMPORARY YORUBA COMMUNITIES INFORM CONSTANT CELEBRATION OF EFE AND GELEDE FESTIVAL REMINDS AND THE PRESENT EFFORT. THE STUDY THEREFORE ADOPTED A COMBINATION OF ARCHIVAL AND SURVEY METHODS TO SOURCE FOR DATA TO BUTTRESS ITS FINDINGS. THE SURVEY METHOD RELIED ON QUALITATIVE METHOD WHERE 24 PARTICIPANTS WERE ENGAGED IN INTERACTIVE/INTERVIEW SESSIONS. THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY REVEALED THAT EFE AND GELEDE FESTIVAL PROVIDES ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ACTUALIZATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS BY SERVING AS AGENT OF SOCIAL CONTROL AND SOCIAL COHESION, EXUDE TOURISTIC VALUES AS WELL AS SOURCE OF HEALING. Keywords: EFE, GELEDE, SPECTACLES, SOCIAL AND SUSTAINING VALUE, YORUBA 85

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