Ode Festival

IF 0.4 0 RELIGION

Fieldwork in Religion Pub Date : 2021-12-09 DOI:10.1558/firn.21293

K. J. Onipede, O. F. Phillips

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Abstract

This article examines the role of traditional festivals in citizens’ consciousness of identity, solidarity and integration, with particular attention to the Ode festival, which is dedicated to the worship of the Obalatan deity in Oye-Ekiti. It supplements the scant literature on traditional festivals that have fostered social solidarity and intergroup relations through cultural identity among the Yorùbá people of southwest Nigeria. The study harnesses sociology, cultural anthropology and historical research methodology resources, including oral interviews, participant observation, photography, and video and tape recordings to document and interpret its data. The article investigates how the Ode festival fosters identity and solidarity among the people. It identifies the roles of religious festival performance, liturgy and rituals in terms of socio-cultural values, integration, and engaging identity. It is noted that the festival is the core of Oye people’s life, as it promotes solidarity, values, cooperation, relationships, and has functioned as a primary marker of the social and cultural identity of the people over time. It is a traditional and long-established festival that renews and expresses Oye kinship values and identity, and could be employed in significant new initiatives to promote national value, integration and unity.

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颂歌节

本文探讨了传统节日在公民身份认同、团结和融合意识中的作用，特别关注奥耶埃基提的奥巴拉坦神崇拜节日。它补充了关于传统节日的少量文献，这些传统节日通过尼日利亚西南部约鲁巴人的文化认同促进了社会团结和群体间关系。该研究利用社会学、文化人类学和历史研究方法论资源，包括口头采访、参与者观察、摄影、视频和录音，来记录和解释其数据。这篇文章探讨了颂歌节是如何促进人们的认同和团结的。它确定了宗教节日表演、礼拜仪式和仪式在社会文化价值观、融合和参与身份方面的作用。值得注意的是，该节日是奥耶人生活的核心，因为它促进了团结、价值观、合作和关系，并随着时间的推移成为人们社会和文化身份的主要标志。这是一个传统而悠久的节日，它更新和表达了Oye亲属的价值观和身份，并可用于促进民族价值、融合和团结的重要新举措。

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期刊介绍： Fieldwork in Religion (FIR) is a peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journal seeking engagement between scholars carrying out empirical research in religion. It will consider articles from established scholars and research students. The purpose of Fieldwork in Religion is to promote critical investigation into all aspects of the empirical study of contemporary religion. The journal is interdisciplinary in that it is not limited to the fields of anthropology and ethnography. Fieldwork in Religion seeks to promote empirical study of religion in all disciplines: religious studies, anthropology, ethnography, sociology, psychology, folklore, or cultural studies. A further important aim of Fieldwork in Religion is to encourage the discussion of methodology in fieldwork either through discrete articles on issues of methodology or by publishing fieldwork case studies that include methodological challenges and the impact of methodology on the results of empirical research.