Gelede
Gelede headpiece in the Brooklyn Museum
Gelede is a dance ritual and annual festival of the Yoruba . It is held in honor of femininity personified as Ìyá Nlá , especially motherhood, female ancestors and old women. The festival probably began in the 16th century.
At Gelede, men with carved headpieces and costumes portray themselves as man and woman and perform a dance to singing and drum accompaniment, which portrays the respective gender roles. At the same time as the honor, the evil side of the female powers should be appeased.
Gelede was named a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2001 and was included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008 .
literature
- Babatunde Lawal: The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé Spectacle: Art, Gender, and Social Harmony in an African Culture . University of Washington Press, 1996
Web links
Commons : Gelede - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Molefi Kete Asante , Ama Mazama: Encyclopedia of African religion . Sage, 2009
- ↑ http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00002