ọdun Edi

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̄.dṹ ē.dì/

Proper noun

ọdún Edì

  1. A festival held annually in the town of Ifẹ̀ in honor of the Yoruba heroine Mọremí Àjàṣorò, who is regarded as the mother of the Yoruba people; she served as a spy and aided the town in the defeat of their enemy the Ùgbò, and her son, whom she sacrificed to save the town, and is an incarnation of a primordial divinity whom is associated with the figure (Ẹ̀là).
    Synonym: Edì
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