Shango festival
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The Shango festival is a traditional Yoruba religious celebration in honor of the thunder and lightning deity Shango, featuring drumming, dance, masquerades, and rituals that reinforce communal identity and ancestral worship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shango festival canonical | 2 |
| Shango masquerade | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2534429 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shango festival Context triple: [Oyo, culturalPractice, Shango festival]
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A.
Olojo Festival
Olojo Festival is a major Yoruba cultural and religious celebration held annually in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, honoring Ogun and the creation of the world through elaborate rituals and royal ceremonies.
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B.
Calabar Festival
Calabar Festival is a major annual cultural celebration in Calabar, Nigeria, renowned for its vibrant parades, music, dance, and showcase of Efik and Cross River State heritage.
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C.
Ohworu festival
The Ohworu festival is a traditional annual celebration of the Urhobo people in Nigeria, marked by elaborate rituals, masquerades, music, and communal festivities that honor their deities and cultural heritage.
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D.
New Yam Festival
The New Yam Festival is a major annual harvest celebration among Igbo and other Eastern Nigerian communities, marked by thanksgiving rites, feasting, and traditional performances to honor the yam as a staple and symbol of prosperity.
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E.
Eyo Festival
Eyo Festival is a traditional Yoruba masquerade celebration in Lagos, Nigeria, featuring white-clad Eyo masqueraders parading through the streets to honor important occasions and figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shango festival Target entity description: The Shango festival is a traditional Yoruba religious celebration in honor of the thunder and lightning deity Shango, featuring drumming, dance, masquerades, and rituals that reinforce communal identity and ancestral worship.
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A.
Olojo Festival
Olojo Festival is a major Yoruba cultural and religious celebration held annually in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, honoring Ogun and the creation of the world through elaborate rituals and royal ceremonies.
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B.
Calabar Festival
Calabar Festival is a major annual cultural celebration in Calabar, Nigeria, renowned for its vibrant parades, music, dance, and showcase of Efik and Cross River State heritage.
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C.
Ohworu festival
The Ohworu festival is a traditional annual celebration of the Urhobo people in Nigeria, marked by elaborate rituals, masquerades, music, and communal festivities that honor their deities and cultural heritage.
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D.
New Yam Festival
The New Yam Festival is a major annual harvest celebration among Igbo and other Eastern Nigerian communities, marked by thanksgiving rites, feasting, and traditional performances to honor the yam as a staple and symbol of prosperity.
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E.
Eyo Festival
Eyo Festival is a traditional Yoruba masquerade celebration in Lagos, Nigeria, featuring white-clad Eyo masqueraders parading through the streets to honor important occasions and figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba cultural festival
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religious festival ⓘ traditional African festival ⓘ |
| associatedDeityRole |
Shango as god of justice
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Shango as god of lightning ⓘ Shango as god of thunder ⓘ Shango as warrior king ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
lightning
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storm ⓘ thunder ⓘ |
| coreSymbol |
double-headed axe
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fire ⓘ red and white colors ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| featuresMusic |
bata drums
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dun-dun drums ⓘ talking drums ⓘ |
| hasRitualElement |
chanting
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dance ⓘ drumming ⓘ masquerades ⓘ processions ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ spirit possession ⓘ |
| hasTemporalPattern | annual celebration ⓘ |
| honorsDeity | Shango ⓘ |
| includesMasqueradeType |
Shango festival
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shango masquerade
egungun masquerade ⓘ |
| includesOfferingType |
animal sacrifice
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food offerings ⓘ kola nuts ⓘ palm wine ⓘ |
| involvesDanceType |
Shango dance
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trance dance ⓘ |
| linkedBelief |
ancestral spirits participation
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divine retribution for oath-breaking ⓘ |
| practicedIn |
Benin
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Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form:
Yorubaland
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| purpose |
ancestral veneration
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honor Shango ⓘ petition for blessings ⓘ reinforce communal identity ⓘ seek spiritual protection ⓘ |
| religion | Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Orisha worship ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
affirm Yoruba identity
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community cohesion ⓘ strengthen kinship ties ⓘ transmit oral tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shango festival Description of subject: The Shango festival is a traditional Yoruba religious celebration in honor of the thunder and lightning deity Shango, featuring drumming, dance, masquerades, and rituals that reinforce communal identity and ancestral worship.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shango masquerade