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Three Yoruba fertility ceremonies
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 74 • Published In 1944 • Pages: 91-96 , 1 plate
By: Clarke, John Digby.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is an account of three festivals seen by the author in the southeastern corner of Ilorin Province in 1938. The three are the Epa Festival of Ora, the Are Festival of Iloffa, and the Eji (or Asagba) Ceremony of Imode. Detailed descriptions are given of the paraphernalia used and of the various dances and songs. Clarke was formerly Superintendent of Education For Nigeria.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organized ceremonial
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Locomotion
- Traditional history
- Priesthood
- Community structure
- Weaning and food training
- Alcoholic beverages
- Music
- Dance
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yoruba
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933-1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. D. Clarke
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- unk82052056
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yoruba (African people)