Dance in the Yorùbá Family Rites of Birth, Marriage and Death

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dc.contributor.authorAkinsipe, Felix
dc.contributor.authorBabarinde-Hall, Bunmi
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-28T11:51:17Z
dc.date.available2023-04-28T11:51:17Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractBirth, marriage and death are three vital rites of passages occurring within a family setting in the Yor􀀂b􀀃 land. They are life celebrations which bring members of a Yor􀀂b􀀃 family together. The Yor􀀂b􀀃 social life is closely guided by religious beliefs, so much so that it is sometimes difficult to draw a clear line between the sacred and the profane. Dance occupies an important position in their family celebrations, in religions and communal experiences, and as a form of recreation. Sacred or profane, however, dance plays a most significant role in the life of the people. The reasons for dance are as diverse as the social occurrence. Rites of passage are rituals that mark an individual’s transition from one set of socially identified circumstances to another. This paper therefore examines the important roles of dance in three rites of passages in the Yor􀀂b􀀃 land hoping, in the process, that the significance of dance in the life of a people can be determined. The paper concludes among others that dance as it occurs during rites of passage functions mainly as means of bringing the extended family together in the celebration of a happy or sad occasion. Dance functions as a reciprocal gesture between children and their parents; while parents honour their children at birth and at their weddings; children in turn honour their parents at death.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2026-6286
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/9311
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDance Rite of passage, Yoruba family, Family celebrateen_US
dc.titleDance in the Yorùbá Family Rites of Birth, Marriage and Deathen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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