The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday held the ancient Ekasa dance in honour of his late mother, Iyoba Omo ...

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 ...

The Ekasa dance, a spiritually significant procession, marks the conclusion of the first phase of her funeral rites. It is ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Thursday, reiterated that the use of traditional paraphernalia during funerals, marriages, birthday ceremonies, and social events by non-royal family members ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is according to a statement signed on Sunday by the Secretary, Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor. The monarch’s mother died on November 21, 2021. However, the reason for the delay in ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday started the burial ceremony of his mother, Iyoba Omo N’ Ikuoyemwen, Iyoba Ewuare II, with various traditional rites (Iwarinnwin). The News Agency of ...

The Benin Traditional Council (BTC) in Edo State, on Thursday, insisted that the ban of Okuku traditional hairdo remained in force in Benin Kingdom of Edo State. It reinterated that the Okuku was ...

According to a statement by the Secretary of the Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor, the funeral rites could not be performed until the now-oba, who was Edaiken (Crown Prince), was crowned ...

For these statesmanly acts of lawfulness, and respect for the traditional institution of the Benin people and Edo State as a whole, history will forever remember Your Excellency in glory.