Ọranyan
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Ọ̀rànmíyàn, also known as Ọranyan, was a legendary Yoruba king from the kingdom of Ile-Ife, and the founder of the Benin Kingdom and the Oyo Empire. Although he was the youngest of the descendants of O
Opa Ọ̀rànmíyàn, a 20-ft tall granite monolith in Ife, believed to be the staff of Oranmiyan.
Shango
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Shango is the Orisha of fire, thunder, lightning, virility, dance, drumming, strength and justice in the Yoruba religion. Genealogically, Shango is a royal ancestor of the Yoruba as he was the third A
Ọranyan
…He engaged in war with the Bariba, his immediate neighbors to the north, and subsequently married Torosi, a Tapa princess, who became the mother of Sango Akata Yẹri-Yẹri. He also married Moremi Ajasoro. The first ever Oranyan Festival of Arts, Culture and Tourism was initiated in 2012 by his descendant and reigning…
Representation of Ṣàngó, National Museum of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Shango painting by Flavio Dutra.
Shango float at the Parade of Champions, Rio Carnival, Sapucaí.
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