THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND COMMUNICATION IN EGUNGUN FESTIVAL: THE CASE OF DUNDUN ENSEMBLE
| dc.contributor.author | Okedairo, O. O | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-10-21T08:27:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026-10-20 | |
| dc.description | Africans believe that there is a supreme being: a creator, sustainer, provider and controller of all creation, who dwells in heaven above. Serving with this creator are varieties of lesser and intermediary gods and guardian spirit (Lugira, 2009). The lesser gods are constantly involved in the affairs of men. People communicate with these gods through sacrifices and prayers. They also believe that when a man dies, he changes his abode to another spirit world. They strongly believe that his spirit still lives in underworld and can be summoned to inquire for important information. 164 “Egúngún” is believed to be the ancestral spirit. It is regarded as the embodiment of the spirit of a deceased person believed to ave returned from t e spirit world to visit is c ildren “ r - run”. So “Egúngún” festival is celebrated at an appointed day of the remembrance of the dead (Daramola, 1967). | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated the influence of D Ensemble on Egúngún and his followers; and recommended the essential music instruments to be used for different occasions. These were with a view to providing information on the use of African musical instruments in churches and academic environment. Ethno . The study observed that the drum surrogacy is a form of communication which conveys messages that intimate the masquerade to misbehave. African drums also are said to be attached to deities in whom the drummers invoke the spirit that intoxicate the masquerade into another realms of performance. It is therefore recommended in the study that the avoidance of some African musical instruments in churches and academic environment as their uses can intoxicate and metamorphosis their performers into another realm. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | self-sponsored | |
| dc.identifier.citation | O. O. Okedairo ; O. D. Degboro, Ph.D Department of General Studies, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Nigeria. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 3027-1193 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://erepository.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1917 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nigerian Journal of Educational Productivity and Contemporary Issues (NJEPCI) | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 20, ; No 1, | |
| dc.subject | Ancestral | |
| dc.subject | communication | |
| dc.subject | deity | |
| dc.subject | dùndún ensemble | |
| dc.subject | egúngún | |
| dc.subject | drum surrogacy. | |
| dc.title | THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND COMMUNICATION IN EGUNGUN FESTIVAL: THE CASE OF DUNDUN ENSEMBLE | |
| dc.type | Article |