No doubt,Yoruba as one of the major ethnics in Nigeria is blessed with
rich culture and traditions in all ramifications to the extent that,it
becomes practically impossible to separate their ways of speaking or
greeting from the mainstream of westernization.Yorubas are usually
found in the south-west and some parts of the nation like
Edo,Kogi,Kwara and Delta states.however,fact still remains
that,yorubas worshiped different gods and at the same time practiced
different traditions on specific situations seeking god's
favourability,blessing,happiness,increase in wealth and making enough
profits in their businesses.Omi-Aro,a small village in Ifelodun LGA of
Kwara State,is not an exemption in this regard,despite that the
universe is shifting towards islamization and christanization of
everyone way of life.On a cool Friday evening,a woman seller in one of
the shops located in the village was noticed beside her shop preparing
bean cake 'akara' sufficient enough to feed the entire populace of the
community.some minutes after the preparation,she called her younger
daughter to call other children and adults to come for the bean cake
which she uttered in local language(yoruba):'Moria lo ke si awon omo
kekekee ati agbalagba wa ki won wa gba saara'.surprisingly,the girl
took the message to another level by stood in front of the shop and
started singing "eyin omo kekekee e wa gba saara 3x,eyin agbalagba e
wa gba saara 3x with dancing too.within five minutes,both children and
adults thronged to the shop collecting 'akara' and returned to their
various clans.those remained were asked by the women to say 'Olohun a
agba saara' meaning god will accept the 'appeased' which everyone
responded and woman crowned it by saying 'amin'.it is glaring that
it's impossible to restrict people from retracing their footsteps in
their traditional mode of worshiping or appealing to gods.what a
'saaralyrics indeed!
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