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Egungun
also: Egungun Alapansanpa
The Returning Dead; Ancestors Who Revisit the Living; The Masquerade of Memory
Ancestors
The dead
Ancestral memory
Judgment
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Egungun is the sacred embodiment of ancestral power — the masked and costumed form in which the honored dead return to the world of the living to bles
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Egungun Alagba
also: Alagba Egungun
The Elder Among the Ancestors; The Ancient Masquerade
The eldest ancestors
Deep ancestral knowledge
The origins of the Egungun tradition
Masquerade authority
Egungun Alagba is the most senior ancestral masquerade — the eldest, most revered, and most authoritative form of the Egungun tradition.
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Egungun Oje
The Egungun Seer; Masquerade That Speaks Prophecy
The Egungun Seer; Masquerade That Speaks Prophecy
About Ancestors & Egungun
The Egungun represent the collective power of the ancestral dead. Their masquerades are the primary form through which the honored dead return to bless the living. The Egungun society guards the mysteries of death and rebirth.
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