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Culture / Re: The Language Of Talking Drums In Yoruba Land by missioner(m): 12:35pm On Nov 25, 2018
gideonjeta:
Talking drums from Yoruba culture are quite popular during religious occasions and other festivities but you can get familiar with the other languages of drums in Yoruba land.
Yoruba language and culture is very widespread across Africa, and even beyond. Outside Nigeria, you can find large Yoruba communities in Togo and Benin Republic. Smaller communities can be found in Sierra Leone, Liberia and other African countries. In diasporan countries such as Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Trinidad, Yoruba drum cultures are practiced, especially during Òrìsà worship.
Drums in Yoruba land consist of animal skin strained against wooden frames. Most of the drums are percussive in nature, that is produced a rhythmic pattern that is danceable. Talking drums, which are quite popular, are so named because they imitate human voices while some others are just melody borne.

Here are some of the major drums that are used in Yoruba land.

1. Omele Ako
The drum is also known as Sakara and it belongs to the bata family of drums. Omele is a shallow drum with a circular body, with goat or cow skin, the smallest in the set of bata drums. Omele Ako is used during weddings, parties and other festivities. Hausa people of northern Nigeria also produce and use this drum.

2. Gan Gan/Dun Dun (talking drum)
The talking drum is the most popular drum in Yoruba land. This hourglass-shaped drum can be traced back to the Old Oyo Empire in South-West, Nigeria. It was introduced as a means of communication during inauguration of the Alaafin of Oyo. It is a very key ingredient of Yoruba folklore. The language of the talking drum depends on what the message or chant is intended to be. Its pitch can be adjusted using the cords and strings around the drum.
It is also the drum used by afrobeat musician, Lagbaja.

3. Saworoide
Saworoide, or Chaworoide in Cuba, is a type of talking drum or gan gan decorated with brass bells and chimes. Such bells are attached to leather straps for support. Tunde Kelani's 1999 film, Saworoide, was named after a tradition that a person can not be crowned king without the playing of the saworoide.

4. Bata
Bata is a double-headed drum shaped like an hourglass with one cone larger than the other. Used mostly in religious functions, festivals, carnivals and coronations, the Bata conveys messages of hope, divination, praise and war. Bata comes in a set of three drums — Iya ilu bata (loudest), omele abo bata and omele ako. The first two are double headed and each end is played and produces a unique tone. The Iyá ("Mother"wink is the largest and loudest in the group, playing long, complex patterns with many variations and initiates conversations with the other two drums.

5. Gbedu/Ogido
The Gbedu or “a big drum'' is a percussive instrument mostly used for spiritual ceremonies like Ogoni ceremonies, the ancient Yoruba secret society. Played either with the palm or drumsticks, Gbedu is a symbol of royalty and is covered in designs and carvings representing birds, animals and godesses. The drum is said to have been brought to Yorubaland by Edo diplomats in the 17th century.

6. Ashiko
Ashiko is a tapered cylindrical shaped drum with its head on the wide end and its narrow end open. It is made of goatskin hide strained against hardwood, played during festivals using the palms.

https://www.nigerialog.com/culture/the-language-of-drums-in-yoruba-land/new/#new
You supposed to add pictures

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Health / Re: What Are This Drugs Used For? by missioner(m): 10:05am On Nov 25, 2018
Pearl05:
Doctors wicked no be small. Must they write like this?

Anyways back to your question, wetin you tell the doctor say dey worry you?

A drug can treat different ailments . so when it's combined in a certain way, it addresses diverse issues.


But wait oo, I hope you not trying to poke nose on someone's state of health.
No I'm not poke nosing
Health / What Are This Drugs Used For? by missioner(m): 11:33pm On Nov 24, 2018
Doctors what was the complain here ?
Family / Re: Woman Pours Bucket Of Water On Her Daughter After She Did The 'Faint Dance' by missioner(m): 8:41pm On Nov 19, 2018
Liars...
If they weren't acting, she'd get up before the mother eventually pour the water.

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Crime / Re: NDLEA Intercepts 581 Million Tramadol Tablets In 2 Days by missioner(m): 10:14am On Nov 19, 2018
They can only try.

Contact me if you need bulk Trams, Reph or Codeine.
NB... Pls we don't sell pieces.

Number in my Sigh�
Politics / Re: Kwara By-election: APC Candidate, Olawuyi Speaks by missioner(m): 12:10pm On Nov 18, 2018
hhh
Science/Technology / Re: Snake Refuses To Come Out After Man Swallowed It During Magic Stunt. Photos by missioner(m): 3:33pm On Nov 10, 2018
Saddening... May he survived it.
Politics / Re: 2019: How Buhari, Atiku Are Tearing Kannywood Apart by missioner(m): 3:05pm On Nov 10, 2018
Atiku !

I'm fully Atikulated
We'll give it what it takes.

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Politics / Re: Ganduje Agrees To Pay 30,000 Minimum Wage With Additional N600 (N30,600) by missioner(m): 5:31pm On Nov 05, 2018
This Gandollar is a clown....
What's he taking us to be ?
Perhaps he does not know good pay is not a privilege, its entitlement.

#GandujeMustGo
He's shame to Kano, APC and Nigeria as a whole!

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Car Talk / Re: Car Parked On Top Of A Roof Of A House In Ibadan (photo) by missioner(m): 8:43pm On Nov 02, 2018
Iro buruku
Crime / Re: Man Sleeps While Eating At A Restaurant After Getting High On Drug. by missioner(m): 8:37pm On Nov 02, 2018
Oja ti burst!
Crime / Re: Boy Trends And Receive Backlashes In Twitter After Reporting MTN Cheat by missioner(m): 8:25pm On Nov 02, 2018
I don't know why I just detest all the these cheat craps.


The guy that reported it deserves to be lashed though..

How could he be so sure mtn ain't aware all along.
OverSabi somebody.
Education / Re: WAEC Introduced Attestation Of Results In 2015 Tweets by missioner(m): 8:17pm On Nov 02, 2018
Photoshoped tweet.
BTW ....will Waec come and give me my own in the comfort of my parlor too ?
Bunch of clowns!

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Celebrities / Re: Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi's Bridal Shower (Photos) by missioner(m): 2:44pm On Oct 28, 2018
Omo oba n re le oko



BTW please where is she OAPing?
I do not seems to know her too well... all I know is, she's a princess of a stupendously rich Oba in Ondo state

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Crime / Re: Phone Thief Caught And Beaten In University Of Abuja(photos) by missioner(m): 5:09pm On Oct 19, 2018
Issokay
Politics / Re: President Buhari Meets With Atiku Bagudu, Kayode Fayemi And Udom Emmanuel by missioner(m): 7:19am On Oct 19, 2018
TechCapon:
cool

This lady's wedding finger is about to be amputated any moment from now. The wedding ring refuse to come off and the finger is swelling everyday. Any hope?
she should be injected with anaesthesia and then use saw to cut the f ring away
Sports / Re: PSG's 6-1 UCL Win To Be Investigated For Match Fixing by missioner(m): 7:33am On Oct 13, 2018
Just yesterday in the office we argued about this fixing of matches stuff here...

my boss and others were like it's not possible, nothing like match fixing and all...

We dragged the matter ehn !




btw... that last week Liverpool ManCity game should also be investigated too.

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Politics / Re: Atiku In A Closed-Door Meeting With Obasanjo by missioner(m): 2:16pm On Oct 11, 2018
Atiku is about to cross the last hurdle !

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Business / Re: Uk Used Iphone 6 And 6s 64gb For Sale, by missioner(m): 7:35pm On Oct 10, 2018
kofo365:
Clean UK used iPhones for sale, unlocked and without any issues, comes with charger,
How much is your iPhone 6s?
Crime / Re: Court Orders Man To Give Police 24 Hours Notice Every Time He Wants To Have Sex by missioner(m): 7:28pm On Oct 10, 2018
Serves him right. That's a country that works!
Sports / Re: Chichi Igbo: "Stop Worrying About My Dry Boobs" - Football Star Warns by missioner(m): 10:37pm On Oct 09, 2018
amaniro:
shocked



Lesbianism and gay should just be legalised let's know we're not fooling ourselves, because the rate of homosexuals these days ehh....
they can't hear you at the back sir

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Romance / Re: See Reaction As A Man Knelt Down To Propose To His Gay Lover In Kenya by missioner(m): 7:10am On Oct 09, 2018
live and let live.

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Celebrities / Re: Eleven Paz With Tribal Marks Wants To Model For Rihanna (Pictures) by missioner(m): 7:00am On Oct 09, 2018
I can see my reply in that screenshot... lols
I wish her success.

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Romance / Re: Sex Starvation Epidermics In Nigeria!!! See How And Why by missioner(m): 6:57am On Oct 09, 2018
More reasons for the recent surge in homosexuality.
Teenagers now resort to homosexualism to satisfy their urges, having been exposed to pornography.
Go to any of the private secondary schools around, you'll marvel at the number of gays abound therein.

Something has to be done!

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Romance / Re: Oxford Student Lulu Jemimah Gets Married To Herself by missioner(m): 6:50am On Oct 09, 2018
Many are mad...
Health / Re: NDLEA: Abuse Of Tramadol, Cough Syrup Still High Among Nigerian Youths by missioner(m): 6:46am On Oct 09, 2018
Contact me if you need trams or reph.
I don't sell pieces please.

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Culture / Re: Oyaaa! Waffi Men, Benin Men, Port Harcourt Niggies, Yenagoa Men. Pidgin Contest by missioner(m): 3:28pm On Oct 01, 2018
booked
Religion / Re: Adeboye Being Ordained As A Pastor In 1975 (Throwback Photo) by missioner(m): 8:30am On Sep 30, 2018
Ojo tin pa igun bo... ojo ti pe.

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Politics / Re: Photo Of Atiku Abubakar And Ademola Adeleke by missioner(m): 1:58pm On Sep 26, 2018
what a funny deamenor

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