The Ilaje are a linguistic group of the yoruba stalk made of four geo-political entities name Ugbo,Mahin,Aheri and Ekikan.Though,the people had no written constitution to define and express their rules and regulations in a precise form,there were conventional practises embedded in norms and taboos(erigho).These were adopted as instruments of enforcing socio-political order.


The people also adopted the use of songs,proverb,and folktales as means of infusing discipline and societal education in the young ones.Happenings in the society were intellectually coined into songs especially Biripo and Ijegbe,proverbs and folk stories.Songs were employed to convey moral,literacy,social and economic messages among the people.The people developed a variety of songs such as songs of eulogy,satire,sorrow,pleasure,cultism,war etc.


The social aspect of the people could also be seen in their burial,marriages and festival.The nature of burial to be given to dead ones depended largely on the status,age and the nature of death.


Marriage among this people was strictly based on historical investigation about families and personal information about the the bride and the groom.They believed that if too close blood relation got married,the ancestral spirit (Ogungun)could inflict punishment on the couple.


The most prominent among festivals in Ilajeland was the Malokun festival which was an annually event.Others were the celebration of the founding days of different towns and villages.

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