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| ===== Context ===== | ===== Context ===== |
| The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language|Yoruba]] language is spoken mainly in West Africa by the Yoruba people. Praise poetry, called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or%C3%ADk%C3%AC|Oríkì]] in Yoruba, can be centered around a range of subjects including individual common people, Gods/deities, called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha|òrìṣà]] in Yoruba, and [[alcheringa:1-1:praises_of_the_bantu_kings_26|kings]]. The praise poems can involve strings of names inherited from ancestors, new names given to someone for a special occasion or accomplishment, or long strings of attributes and characteristics about the subject of the praise poem, as in the case of The Oriki of Alajire. | The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language|Yoruba]] language is spoken mainly in West Africa by the Yoruba people. Praise poetry, called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Or%C3%ADk%C3%AC|Oríkì]] in Yoruba, can be centered around a range of subjects including individual common people, Gods/deities (called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha|òrìṣà]] in Yoruba), and [[alcheringa:1-1:praises_of_the_bantu_kings_26|kings]]. The praise poems can involve strings of names inherited from ancestors, new names given to someone for a special occasion or accomplishment, or long strings of attributes and characteristics about the subject of the praise poem, as in the case of The Oriki of Alajire. |
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| Praise poetry is customarily spoken aloud, usually either performed by the poem's subject of praise, or in their presence. Praise poetry about òrìṣà is also performed aloud, much like an oral prayer. The praise poetry performances can be chanted or sung and have varying timbres, pitches, tempos, etc. depending on the subject of the poem. | Praise poetry is customarily spoken aloud, usually either performed by the poem's subject of praise, or in their presence. Praise poetry about òrìṣà is also performed aloud, much like an oral prayer. The praise poetry performances can be chanted or sung and have varying timbres, pitches, tempos, etc. depending on the subject of the poem. |
| “Yoruba Language.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 June 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language. | “Yoruba Language.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 June 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language. |
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| | === Metadata === |
| | {{tag>Yoruba Susan-Wenger-translator Oshogbo West Africa praise-poem oral}} |
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| | === Topics === |
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| | {{tag>Alajire corpse disease fire god(s) lion orisha suffering wisdom}} |
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| | --- //[[tbfx@iup.edu|Haley E. Brown]] 2021/06/29 20:50// |
