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Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by ggrin(f): 2:24pm On May 09, 2015
The Yoruba people are one of the ethnic groups of southwestern Nigeria and southern Benin in West Africa. The Yorubas are a distinctive people who are bound together by a common language with various different dialects. They also share a rich history and culture.
Here are 7 facts about the Traditional Yoruba Culture:

1. According to Yoruba mythology, all Yoruba people are descendants of Odua or Oduduwa. And today, there are over fifty individuals who claim kinship as descendants of Odua/Oduduwa.

2. According to encyclopedia.com, the Yoruba traditional marriage entails six steps:
-The seeking of a potential spouse (Igba ifojusode);
-Approval from the oracle-divinity (Ifa f’ore);
-Release of the young woman’s voice (Isihun);
-Requesting for the young woman’s hand in marriage from her family (Itoro);
-Creation of the marital bond (Idana); and
-Transferring the wife to the husband’s lineage (Igbeyawo).

3. The language of the Yorubas, known as Yoruba, belongs to the Congo-Kordofanian language family. Yoruba as a language has many dialects, but most of its speakers are able to understand each other.

4. The Yoruba constitute over 35 million people in total with majority of this population from Nigeria. The Yorubas make up 21% of the Nigerian population.

5. According to the CIA World Fact book, the Yoruba are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

6. Traditional childbirth in Yorubaland does not support anyone younger than the mother to be present at the birth.

7. When a child is born in a traditional Yoruba society, the infant is taken to the backyard with the umbilical cord bound tightly with thread before it is cut. The placenta is then buried in the backyard. The child is bathed with a loofah sponge and rubbed with palm oil on the placenta burial spot.  Then the child is held by the feet and given three shakes to make him/her strong and brave. A naming ceremony is held after 8 days.


Source
www.connectnigeria.com/articles/2015/02/12/seven-interesting-facts-about-the-ancient-yoruba-culture/

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Nobody: 3:04pm On May 09, 2015
to me d only thing intresting about d yorubas r there women with big NYASH


every other thing about them is how d igbos will die in lagoon

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by okooloyun1(m): 3:04pm On May 09, 2015
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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Emeskhalifa(m): 3:04pm On May 09, 2015
sipping alomo awaiting that of my tribe
#OkeneBoy
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Nobody: 3:04pm On May 09, 2015
[b]Na just population Yoruba get...... They are so tribalistic and obviously like to think of themselves as sophisticated but then they share that opinion among themselves only. For now they can stand firm with their Northern masters but when push comes to shove they will discover they're standing alone. The Yoruba's should be grateful to Fayose for standing his ground and not allowing them all to be sold to slavery entirely.

The 3 top public figures representing Yorubas---- Obasanjo, Tinubu and Oba Akiolu... While Tinubu is corruption personified and Oba Akiolu has a leaking mouth... Obasanjo is corrupt, has a leaking mouth and has destroyed his own family with his incestuous nature. How can a man sleep with his Son's wife

Anyway i repeat again, the only thing the Yorubas have over any region from the south is population, e nor pass like that. Their hatred for other tribes apart from their Northern masters is appalling to say the least.

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by DickDastardly(m): 3:04pm On May 09, 2015
8.
They wish a burton that has the ability to exterminate all IGBOs will be invented grin

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by francizy(m): 3:04pm On May 09, 2015
smiley

Hehehehehe, ggrin has finally repented sha.. Posting facts about Yoruba rather than sexual stuffs. Allah Akbar!!

cheesy
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by DickDastardly(m): 3:04pm On May 09, 2015
[s]
ggrin:
The Yoruba people are one of the ethnic groups of southwestern Nigeria and southern Benin in West Africa. The Yorubas are a distinctive people who are bound together by a common language with various different dialects. They also share a rich history and culture.
Here are 7 facts about the Traditional Yoruba Culture:

1. According to Yoruba mythology, all Yoruba people are descendants of Odua or Oduduwa. And today, there are over fifty individuals who claim kinship as descendants of Odua/Oduduwa.

2. According to encyclopedia.com, the Yoruba traditional marriage entails six steps:
-The seeking of a potential spouse (Igba ifojusode);
-Approval from the oracle-divinity (Ifa f’ore);
-Release of the young woman’s voice (Isihun);
-Requesting for the young woman’s hand in marriage from her family (Itoro);
-Creation of the marital bond (Idana); and
-Transferring the wife to the husband’s lineage (Igbeyawo).

3. The language of the Yorubas, known as Yoruba, belongs to the Congo-Kordofanian language family. Yoruba as a language has many dialects, but most of its speakers are able to understand each other.

4. The Yoruba constitute over 35 million people in total with majority of this population from Nigeria. The Yorubas make up 21% of the Nigerian population.

5. According to the CIA World Fact book, the Yoruba are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

6. Traditional childbirth in Yorubaland does not support anyone younger than the mother to be present at the birth.

7. When a child is born in a traditional Yoruba society, the infant is taken to the backyard with the umbilical cord bound tightly with thread before it is cut. The placenta is then buried in the backyard. The child is bathed with a loofah sponge and rubbed with palm oil on the placenta burial spot.  Then the child is held by the feet and given three shakes to make him/her strong and brave. A naming ceremony is held after 8 days.


Source
www.connectnigeria.com/articles/2015/02/12/seven-interesting-facts-about-the-ancient-yoruba-culture/
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8. They hate IGBOs so much that they wish all IGBOs drowns in the 'no man's land' Lagoon.
Hit me cool

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by jullary(m): 3:05pm On May 09, 2015
Nice one
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by generaluthman: 3:05pm On May 09, 2015
Oooooooooooook
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Isiterere(m): 3:05pm On May 09, 2015
proudly Nigerian and proudly Yoruba.

Haters should GO and DIE


ALL IZZ WELL

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Goldenheart(m): 3:05pm On May 09, 2015
tot i d seen this bfr[b][/b]
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by miqos02(m): 3:06pm On May 09, 2015
ok
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by MissBoss01(f): 3:06pm On May 09, 2015
Ok
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Adyrin(m): 3:06pm On May 09, 2015
Warrof d Lagoon?
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by darejem4real: 3:06pm On May 09, 2015
That's true
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by niceguy7(m): 3:07pm On May 09, 2015
Yoruba get culture, like if u agree!

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Nobody: 3:07pm On May 09, 2015
okooloyun1:
K

K is for knight.
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Nobody: 3:07pm On May 09, 2015
And so ?
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Adyrin(m): 3:07pm On May 09, 2015
Oyi
Obobinu!
Otenestbestyaho:
I hate yoruba people but I love igbos. Am an idoma boy.

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Fehmy25s(m): 3:07pm On May 09, 2015
Click Like if you're truly Omo Yoruba...

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Nobody: 3:07pm On May 09, 2015
Otenestbestyaho:
I hate yoruba people but I love igbos. Am an idoma boy.

grin grin you dey find trouble habi?

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by ggrin(f): 3:08pm On May 09, 2015
DickDastardly:
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8. They hate IGBOs so much that they wish all IGBOs drowns in the 'no man's land' Lagoon.
Hit me cool
story undecided

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by adepiero: 3:08pm On May 09, 2015
Some tribalistic IBO bigot are here.

FYI, i'd rather stick with an Hausa than an IBO who's love for money surpasses human life especially those ones from anambra undecided

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Truman155(m): 3:08pm On May 09, 2015
Invitation for tribal bashing
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by condralbede(m): 3:09pm On May 09, 2015
ovserving
Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Nobody: 3:09pm On May 09, 2015
5. According to the CIA World Fact book, the Yoruba are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

Proudly Yoruba.

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Re: Seven Interesting Facts About The Ancient Yoruba Culture by Lagusta(m): 3:09pm On May 09, 2015
Proudly Yoruba.....

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