The Oral Heritage of Gelede

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2008 URL: Description: The Gelede is performed by the Yoruba-Nago community that is spread over Benin, Nigeria and Togo. For more than a century, this ceremony has been performed to pay tribute to the primordial mother Iyà Nlà and to the role women play in the process of social organization and development of Yoruba society. The Gelede takes place every year after the harvest