Masquerade is also known as heavenly man. We sue masquerade to celebrate the remembrance of our forefather in every year in a traditional society.
Masquerade is a good Orisa that gives peace, blessing, success, merriment, aggrandizement and way farward.
During the masquerade festival people will accompanied him by playing drums and various others musical instrument. Different cloth could be seen at masquerade body like; Aso aran, Aso alagba, Aso ofi alaro, Aso pupa and so on.
Masquerade is a good orisa that sent to the planet Earth by olodumare (The creator). Particularly in Yoruba traditional societies to make people happy and laugh and also to wish blessing from the gods for the town or each. Also is a kind of Orisa that gives rich, children, goodness and so on.
We also use masquerade when evil thing has been operate in one family or generation, masquerade will went out to lodge his ‘AGO’ or cloth on the ground to restore peace and joy to their family.
We have different kind of masquerade like; Baba Lago, Egungun Eleru, Egungun Ode, Egungun Paaka, Egungun Awuleku tabi Alagbo: this Egungun Alagbo belong to herbalist man because is a warrior masquerade. Also we have Egungun Apidan this can be use in funeral ceremony, Marriage ceremony, Naming ceremony or Orisa ceremony etc.
Basically, Egungun and Oro, they are brother and sister as it stipulated in OWONRIN-OFUN, which say, "Owonrin wofun, wedo, Babalamo Egungun lodofafun Egungun abufun Oro, nijo ti won johun tode orun bowa saye, ebo ni won ni won ose, Egungun tode Orun bowa saye, ebo ni won ni won ose, Egungun nikan logbebo nbe Yoruba".
Thus, our attempt to this discuss is more of investigation but, just to elucidates further that, among the Egugun favorites food are moinmoin, corn, cock, he goat, pounded yam, Amala plenty wine, alligator pepper and kolanut are used to sacrifices for masquerade.
Different names given to masquerade, such as: Obadimeji, Obadunja, those two name related to king or prince. They also bear names like, Owolaake, Omolaake, Owolewa and so on.
