It is an open truth that yoruba land is the home of twins - we sure have them in abundance. Nonetheless, this is dedicated to all twins.

Oriki Ibeji:
Ẹ̀jìrẹ́ ará ìṣokún.
Ẹdúnjobí
Ọmọ ẹdun tíí ṣeré orí igi
Ọ́-bẹ́-kẹ́ṣé-bẹ́-kàṣà,
Ó fẹsẹ̀ méjèèjì bẹ sílé alákìísa;
Ó salákìísà donígba aṣọ.
Gbajúmọ̀ ọmọ tíí gbàkúnlẹ̀ ìyá,
Tíí gbàdọ̀bálẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ baba tó bí í lọ́mọ.
Wínrinwínrin lójú orogún
Ejìwọ̀rọ̀ lojú ìyá ẹ̀.
Tani o bi ibeji ko n'owo?

Every Twins hail from Isokun.
A relative of monkeys you are
Hoping and jumping from a tree branch to the other
Jumping helter-skelter,you landed in a wretched man's place
Turning around his misfortunes
A rare set of children that commands undue honour and respect from their parents
To your stepmother, you are an unwelcome sight
But to your mother, you are both emperors of two empires!
Wouldn't you love to be parents to twins ?

wao!
yoruba "love ya". and I love nigeria in general.we are wonderful people.

I don't understand proper Yoruba that well, especially the signs, but the "monkey" bit is a little bit weird, though. Thought "monkey" = "obo" in Yoruba. Then, the "edun" bit you translated to "monkey" definitely must have been used figuratively.

Regardless, I'm proud of the oriki. I'm from twins (Ibeji) background and I've a lot of twins in my extended family. Even my ex, who's also my closest friend is one part of twins. I absolutely love twins and would love to have twins one day. I also heard Yoruba's have the highest number of twin-births in the world. So best believe every time my grandma is in London, she cooks the twins beans.

God bless twins!!!

Edun is a beautiful family of monkeys. They are the most beautiful of the monkey family.

xenten:
Edun is a beautiful family of monkeys. They are the most beautiful of the monkey family.

Colobus monkeys are beautiful, but they are used in relation to twins for two main reasons:

1. They give birth to twin babies, and mothers are seen holding one, and backing the other

2. They are endemic to Isokun where the 3rd alaafin is believed to have sent his twins and their mother to hide to protect them from the tradition of killing twins, (hence them being hailed as ako'bi Alaafin, abi'gbeyin Ooni I.e. 1st born of tge Alaafin, last born of the Ooni)

PetMallNG:


Colobus monkeys are beautiful, but they are used in relation to twins for two main reasons:

1. They give birth to twin babies, and mothers are seen holding one, and backing the other

2. They are endemic to Isokun where the 3rd alaafin is believed to have sent his twins and their mother to hide to protect them from the tradition of killing twins, (hence them being hailed as ako'bi Alaafin, abi'gbeyin Ooni I.e. 1st born of tge Alaafin, last born of the Ooni)

What tradition of killing twins

macof:



What tradition of killing twins

Hmmmmm....
I can guess your age... a minor probably.... wait till you learn that in school... IF you are lucky enough to be taught

Rotadbd:

Hmmmmm....
I can guess your age... a minor probably.... wait till you learn that in school... IF you are lucky enough to be taught

lol.. u are full of shiit tho

Rotadbd:

Hmmmmm....
I can guess your age... a minor probably.... wait till you learn that in school... IF you are lucky enough to be taught

Yoruba don't kill twins though. Infact they celebrate them a lot. Almost to a godlike level.

Thanks

dejai99:
It is an open truth that yoruba land is the home of twins - we sure have them in abundance. Nonetheless, this is dedicated to all twins.

Oriki Ibeji:
Ẹ̀jìrẹ́ ará ìṣokún.
Ẹdúnjobí
Ọmọ ẹdun tíí ṣeré orí igi
Ọ́-bẹ́-kẹ́ṣé-bẹ́-kàṣà,
Ó fẹsẹ̀ méjèèjì bẹ sílé alákìísa;
Ó salákìísà donígba aṣọ.
Gbajúmọ̀ ọmọ tíí gbàkúnlẹ̀ ìyá,
Tíí gbàdọ̀bálẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ baba tó bí í lọ́mọ.
Wínrinwínrin lójú orogún
Ejìwọ̀rọ̀ lojú ìyá ẹ̀.
Tani o bi ibeji ko n'owo?

Every Twins hail from Isokun.
A relative of monkeys you are
Hoping and jumping from a tree branch to the other
Jumping helter-skelter,you landed in a wretched man's place
Turning around his misfortunes
A rare set of children that commands undue honour and respect from their parents
To your stepmother, you are an unwelcome sight
But to your mother, you are both emperors of two empires!
Wouldn't you love to be parents to twins ?

Ejirè ti Eledumare fi ta omo araye loorè ati oré.

Ẹ̀jìrẹ́ okin
Ẹ̀jìrẹ́ ti mo bi, ti mo jo
Ẹ̀jìrẹ́ ti mo bi, ti mo yó
Ẹ̀jìrẹ́ ara isokun
Omó édun nsere lori igi
Ẹ̀jìrẹ́ wo ile olowo ko ló
O wo ile olola ko ló bé
Ile alakisá lo ló
Ẹ̀jìrẹ́ só alakisá di alasó
O só otosi di olowo
Bi Taiwo ti nló ni iwaju
Bééni, Kéhinde ntó lehin
Taiwo ni omode, Kehinde ni ebgon
Taiwo ni a ran ni sé
Pe ki o ló tó aiye wò
Bi aiye dara, bi ko dara
O tó aiye wò. Aiye dun bi oyin
Taiwo, Kehinde, ni mo ki
Eji woró ni oju iya ré
O de ile oba térin-térin
Jé ki nri jé, ki nri mu =ASÉ

I celebrate twins. If you have them celebrate them because they are special. God bless them.

God bless us all.

baby124:

Yoruba don't kill twins though. Infact they celebrate them a lot. Almost to a godlike level.

My dear, yoruba used to kill twins.

skillzbae:



My dear, yoruba used to kill twins.

Yoruba never ever killed twins. Twins are revered like gods in Yoruba culture.