The belief that there is life after death and that the spirits of the deceased are directly involved in the daily affairs of the living are strong among the y-Yorb people of south-western Nigeria. These beliefs are evident in their egngn culture, a decidedly Yorb masking culture in which the spirits of long-dead ancestors are believed to manifest in bodily form as egngn, in re-visitations to the people they once knew and community they once lived in. The present study explores the connexion processes through which egngn Mowuru and Jeńj have engaged in establishing and maintaining contact between the living and the dead in the y community. In this ethnographic study, two egngn personages (elgn) who have been directly involved in actual masking of egngn were interrogated about their first-hand experiences. Fifteen other worshipers and stakeholders of egngn were also interviewed. It was observed that the art and performances that institute contact by human with the spirits of the egngn share basic worship principles as found in other religions. Such principles include regular worship, invocations, sacrificing of materials and spilling of blood to the spirit of Jeńj and Mowuru to ensure communication and provoke ontological balance between the two worlds.
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