Appearances and Cultural Symbols as Formal Functional Symbols: on the Hermeneutics and Recognition of Yorùbá Dress Code

Appearances and Cultural Symbols as Formal Functional Symbols: on the Hermeneutics and Recognition of Yorùbá Dress Code

This paper argues that Yorùbá dress codes (fondly called traditional dress) ought to be symbols of both cultural and formal identity. As part of the being of the Yorùbá, dressing represents more than covering human nakedness, it defines the individual just as it symbolizes different things and moods...

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Main Authors: ONI Peter, SHAROMI Abayomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for African Studies 2021-07-01
Series:Ученые записки Института Африки Российской академии наук
Subjects:
cultural symbols
formal symbols
identity
recognition
yorùbá dress code
Online Access:https://africajournal.ru/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Oni_Appearances-And-Cultural-Symbols.pdf
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