Thursday, March 12, 2009



As a big body of water,she is:

Olokun Ajetiaye,Alagbalugbu omi
Ajawo okoto
Afailorogun pariwo
See see ni gbede

The inexhausitble sea,immense water,
Roaring eddy of seashells,
Querulous,though she has no rival
Vibrations from the deep

The phrase "inexhaustible sea" has the same import as the milk flowing endlessly from the generous "pot-breasted mother"[in the last post].

The mystery associated with the female genitalia echoes in "vibrations from the deep"

on the Yoruba Orisa (deity) Olokun

from

The Gelede spectacle
by
Babatunde Lawal

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