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Secrets of the Ancients: Why Oba of Benin’s Ekasa Dance is stirring Benin City
The Ekasa dance, a spiritually significant procession, marks the conclusion of the first phase of her funeral rites. It is ...
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Benin monarch holds traditional dance for late mother
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday held the ancient Ekasa dance in honour of his late mother, Iyoba Omo ...
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Benin monarch holds traditional dance for late mother
A procession of the Ekasa dancers will dance across various Queen mothers’ traditional worship sites, including Iyoba Ikuoyemwen’s statue at five junctions in Benin. The Oyairioba of Benin ...
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Benin’s mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival
OUIDAH, Benin (AP) — As children dance with ... draped in beads and a white robe. Featuring traditional ceremonies, dance events, and rituals in the form of incantations, adulations and ...
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Oba of Benin holds Ekasa dance for late mother's burial rites 49 years after death
A procession of the Ekasa dancers will dance across various Queen mothers’ traditional worship sites, including Iyoba Ikuoyemwen’s statue at Five Junction in Benin. Chief Robert Ohuoba ...