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Unit 14: What’s it like there? 189<br />

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ijó<br />

dance<br />

orin song<br />

afõœ aye worldly pleasures<br />

dàbí to look like<br />

ayé jíjõ worldly enjoyment/<br />

pleasures<br />

loœ$yàyà to be funny<br />

agbègbè area<br />

sìn<br />

to worship<br />

àwo≥n òrìßà deities<br />

Yemo≥ja goddess of water<br />

Íàngó goddess of thunder<br />

Culture notes<br />

Religious practices in Nigeria<br />

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O˘bàtálá god of creation<br />

O¸˘ßun goddess of the river<br />

Ògún god of iron<br />

fi ojú rí to witness<br />

õbo≥ sacrifices<br />

aßo≥funfun white clothes<br />

ìlõΩkõΩ beads<br />

nípa about<br />

sí i<br />

more<br />

mo n; boΩ just a minute<br />

sáré to run quickly<br />

níta outside<br />

Yemọja worshipers in Brazil. © Mark Stevenson Fuo<br />

Nigeria is a country that allows people to practice all kinds of religion<br />

according to the dictates of their hearts. There are traditional<br />

religious practitioners who worship all kinds of deities. These are

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