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Yoruba Tribe - Wedding and Naming ceremonies, and Ijo-ible Dance

The Yoruba people are an ethnic group of over 40 million people in total. They inhabit the southwestern and north central region of Africa, as well as southern and central Benin.(1) The Yoruba people have been living in advanced urban societies for more than 1,500 years. They created a strong economy through farming, trading, and art production.(2) Yoruba is a culture rich in its traditions, ceremonies, and dances. In Yorubaland, the most important tradition observed is ‘orúko àmútọ̀runwá’, which is also called the naming ceremony and it is also famously known for its wedding ceremonies.(3) Yoruba cultural dance is called 'ijo-ibile' which is translated as 'local/traditional dance', and it remains as the most traditional dance for the Yoruba tribe. 

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This is a picture of the male and female in the Yoruba tribe. In west African culture, green means growth while red means spiritual and political moods(27)

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The colorful Yoruba Art not only represents the Yoruba culture, it also brings light to Nigerian art. (29)

The Yoruba musicians dancing and singing while wearing colorful clothes. Musical instruments play a major role in the Yoruba culture(28)

Footnote: 

(1) Thompson, Katrina Daly. "Keeping It Real: Reality and Representation in Maasai 
     Hip-Hop." Journal of African Cultural Studies 20, no. 1 (2008): 33-44. 
     http://www.jstor.org/stable/25473396. 

(2) Breeds of Livestock - Masai Cattle. http://afs.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/masai/ 
     index.html/. 

(3) Breeds of Livestock - Masai Cattle. http://afs.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/masai/ 
     index.html/. 

(4) National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/ 
     cattle-economy-maasai/3rd-grade/ 
     #:~:text=The%20Maasai%20people%20live%20in,Maasai%20women%20milk%20the%20cows.&te 
     xt=They%20keep%20lions%2C%20cheetahs%2C%20and%20leopards%20away%20from%20the%20he 
     rd. 

(5) Quinlan, Robert J., Isaya Rumas, Godfrey Naisikye, Marsha B. Quinlan, and Jonathan Yoder. "Searching for Symbolic Value of Cattle: Tropical Livestock Units, Market Price, and Cultural Value of Maasai Livestock." Ethnobiology Letters 7, no. 1 (2016): 76-86. Accessed October 23, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26423652.

(6) Quinlan, Robert J., Isaya Rumas, Godfrey Naisikye, Marsha B. Quinlan, and Jonathan Yoder. "Searching for Symbolic Value of Cattle: Tropical Livestock Units, Market Price, and Cultural Value of Maasai Livestock." Ethnobiology Letters 7, no. 1 (2016): 76-86. Accessed October 23, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26423652.

(7) Huang, Nellie. "Cultural Fabric: The Maasai's Shuka." G Adventures. 
     https://www.gadventures.com/blog/story-behind-maasais-shuka-cloth/ 
     #:~:text=Often%20red%20with%20black%20stripes,Maasai%20people%20of%20East%20Afric 
     a.&text=It's%20known%20to%20be%20durable,are%20from%20the%20Samburu%20Tribe. 

(8) McDANNALD, DAVID. "Letter from MAASAILAND: Seeds of Change." The American Scholar 83, no. 2 (2014): 6-9. Accessed October 23, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43871154.

(9) McDANNALD, DAVID. "Letter from MAASAILAND: Seeds of Change." The American Scholar 83, no. 2 (2014): 6-9. Accessed October 23, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43871154.

(10) Colors in Culture – The Colors of the Kenyan Maasai (blog). Entry posted June 
     14, 2018. https://dreamsfauxfilled.com/ 
     colors-in-culture-the-colors-of-the-kenyan-maasai/ 
     #:~:text=RED%20is%20the%20most%20important,especially%20in%20times%20of%20famine. 

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(15) Wijngaarden, Vanessa. "Cosmopolitan Savages: The Challenging Art of Selling 
     African Culture to Tourists." Etnofoor 22, no. 2 (2010): 98-125. 
     http://www.jstor.org/stable/25758189. 

(16) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvOOR6syTCE&ab_channel=SankaraSubramanian

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