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	Feeding the Ancestors, Roots and Rooted
		Egungun is regarded as the collective spirits of ancestors who occupy space in Heaven.
		This Egungun masquerading is not to be confused with the brand of Brazilian spiritism, developed and propagated by Alan Kardec, the European Spiritist.
		Egungun originated among the Oyo Yoruba, who have adapted and added to the masking traditions honoring the ancestors, found among the Nupe Itapa.
	www.rootsandrooted.org /egungun.htm (1195 words)

	Egungun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Egungun is a part of the Yoruba Pantheon of divinities.
		The Egungun then spiritually clean the community and through exaggerated acting/miming demonstrate both ethical and amoral behavior that occurred since their last visit, exposing the strengths and weaknesses of a community with hopes of encouraging behavior more befitting of their descendants.
		Some important Egungun include the Elewe of the Ìgbómìnà Yoruba sub-ethnics, which is common in the towns of Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún, Ìlá Òràngún, and Arandun.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Egungun (527 words)

	Chapter VI: Egungun, Oro, Abiku, and Various Superstitions.
		To raise the hand against Egungun is punished with death, and women are forbidden, on pain of death, to laugh at him, speak disparagingly of him, or say he is not one who has risen from the dead.
		Egungun is thus at the present day a sort of "bogey," or make-believe demon, whose chief business is to frighten termagants, busybodies, scandalmongers, and others, but it seems probable that originally he was regarded as the incarnation of the dead, and that the whole custom is connected with manes-worship.
		When Egungun and his followers have consumed everything loud groans are heard to issue from the room, and, this being a sign that be is about to depart, the family re-enter and entrust him with messages for the deceased.
	www.sacred-texts.com /afr/yor/yor07.htm (3914 words)

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		According to traditional Yoruban belief, an Egungun, the supernatural being after whom the cult is named, is the embodiment of the spirit of a male ancestor who returns from the spirit world to visit his family.
		The person wearing the Egungun attire is accorded the respect due an honored visitor from heaven; women and the uninitiated may not touch the Egungun on penalty of death.
		Egungun are sometimes summoned by an individual to bring spiritual benefits and comfort to his descendants.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AFR0191 (326 words)

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		Egungun is a part of the Yoruba pantheon of divinities.
		The Egungun then spiritually clean the community and through exaggerated acting/miming demonstrate both ethical and amoral behavior that occurred since their last visit, exposing the strengths and weaknesses of a community with hopes of encouraging behavior more befitting of their descendants.
		Some important Egungun include the Elewe of the ÃgbÃ³mÃ¬nÃ Yoruba sub-ethnics, which is common in the towns of Ã’kÃ¨-ÃlÃ¡ Ã’rÃ ngÃºn, ÃlÃ¡ Ã’rÃ ngÃºn, and Arandun.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Egungun (454 words)

	MOTHERLAND NIGERIA: FESTIVALS (by Boomie O.)
		Egungun is a presentational religious art which imagines the collective spirits of the ancestors and builds them out of overlapping or stitched segments of cloth.
		Egungun developed as an institution patently to strengthen and consolidate the kingship, the foundering state and its people by theatrically evoking ancestral sanctions and by lending supernatural authority to the suppression of disloyal, even dissident voices.
		Egungun ritual was established to appease the anger of a neglected dead father of the Ologbin lineage of bardic entertainers to the King of Oyo.
	www.motherlandnigeria.com /festivals.html (1138 words)

	Feeding the Ancestors, Roots and Rooted
		Egungun is regarded as the collective spirits of ancestors who occupy space in Heaven.
		This Egungun masquerading is not to be confused with the brand of Brazilian spiritism, developed and propagated by Alan Kardec, the European Spiritist.
		Egungun originated among the Oyo Yoruba, who have adapted and added to the masking traditions honoring the ancestors, found among the Nupe Itapa.
	rootsandrooted.org /egungun.htm (1195 words)

	Egungun (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Egungun masks are representations of numerous societal and cultural stereotypes as well as acrobatic images in which dancers turn their clothing inside out, in part to suggest the power and distance of the ancestral world.
		Egungun masks are brightly painted and in the context of the masquerade, the bodies of the dancers are covered with multiple layers of sumptuous cloth.
		egungun costume fits perfectly as the medium for the masker's communion with his ancestors, mainly because the transience of the colors that fly around are reminiscent of the transience of terrestrial life in the face of the eternal and continuous world of the spirits.
	www.egbaegbado.org /egba14.htm (1063 words)

	Egungun - WiccanWeb.ca (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But in community settings, Egungun priests and initiates that are trained in ancestral communication, ancestral elevation work and funeral rites are placed in charge of invoking and bringing out the ancestors.
		The Egungun then spiritually clean the community and through exaggerated acting/miming demonstrate both ethical and amoral behavior that occurred since their last visit, exposing the strengths and weaknesses of a community with hopes of encouraging behavior more befitting of their descendants.
		Some important Egungun include the Elewe of the Ìgbómìnà Yoruba sub-ethnics, which is common in the towns of Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún, Ìlá Òràngún, and Arandun.
	www.wiccanweb.ca /wiki/index.php?title=Egungun&redirect=no (436 words)

	Integral Spirituality :: Religion, God, Integral Philosophy via Integrative Spirituality
		To raise the hand against Egungun is punished with death, and women are forbidden, on pain of death, to laugh at him, speak disparagingly of him, or say he is not one who has risen from the dead.
		Egungun is thus at the present day a sort of "bogey," or make-believe demon, whose chief business is to frighten termagants, busybodies, scandalmongers, and others, but it seems probable that originally he was regarded as the incarnation of the dead, and that the whole custom is connected with manes-worship.
		When Egungun and his followers have consumed everything loud groans are heard to issue from the room, and, this being a sign that be is about to depart, the family re-enter and entrust him with messages for the deceased.
	www.integrativespirituality.org /postnuke/html/static-docs_Books-africa-Yoruba_Speaking_Peoples-yor07.htm (4138 words)

	Egungun: The Masked Ancestors of the Yoruba
		The Egungun are known to emerge at almost any time of the day or night, but they are always certain to be present at the annual Egungun festival.
		Each Egungun is scheduled for a specific appearance, and in the effort to present the most memorable show, there is often a great deal of negotiation on the part of families to secure a date from the cult when the least number of other Egunguns are to appear.
		When the Egungun finally emerges, their first stop is the graves of the male members of the family.
	www.mythicarts.com /writing/Egungun.htm (2244 words)

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		The festival will continue and ends on the seventh day at the palace where the Oba is expected to bring out all his crowns including the ones he inherited from his forefathers for sacrifice by the Chief Priest to round up the festival.
		Egungun festival is celebrated in Iragbiji in remembrance of their ancestors.
		The appearance of Gbegbe Masquerade at Oja-oba is the end of the Egungun festival for the year.
	www.oyelami.com /iragbiji.htm (1287 words)

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