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[Ọ̀gbẹni Tọm @Ogbenitom]

Èèwọ̀ (Taboos) in Old Yoruba Society.

Èèwọ̀ were not just rules; they were tools for discipline, safety, morality, and social order. Most taboos were created to protect life, promote respect, preserve health, and maintain harmony—long before modern law, science, or policing.

Taboos That Existed Then but Are Mostly Gone Now

1. Women Entering the Oro Grove/Scene.

Women were strictly forbidden from entering the Oro grove/scene or knowing its secrets, to the point of being kidnapped or killed if they did. While respected in conservative traditional circles, this is no longer practical or strictly enforced in modern, urbanized Yorubaland.

2. Sweeping the House at Night.

Sweeping at night was believed to sweep away blessings.

3. Whistling at Night.

Whistling at night was believed to attract evil spirits, demons, or snakes into the house. It is now largely ignored by the younger generation.

4. Eating While Standing or Walking.

5. Pregnant Women Walking Under the Sun.

It was believed that a pregnant woman walking under the sun at noon would give birth to a disfigured child. This is generally regarded as superstition now.

6. Sitting on a Mortar or Grinding Stone.

Children and adults were warned not to sit on a mortar & grinding stone, as it was considered an impure action. It is now common for people, particularly children playing, to ignore this.

7. Drinking Coconut Water.

 It was a belief that drinking coconut water makes one dull or foolish. This is no longer believed, and coconut water is considered healthy.

8. Using the Left Hand to Greet/Eat

 While still considered disrespectful in every traditional settings, using the left hand to eat or receive items is no longer strictly forbidden in modern, cosmopolitan Yoruba society anymore.

9. Carrying a Corpse of a Drowned Person Home:

Historically, the body of someone who died by drowning or falling from a tree must be buried near the spot of death, not at home. While still respected in some rural communities, in the Yorubaland, but modern funeral homes and burial practices have superseded this nowadays.

In conclusion, many of these taboos have disappeared today due to western education, religion, urbanization, and modern lifestyles.

©️Ogbeni Tom 2026.

Thank you for reading. Kindly repost and follow for more Yoruba contents.

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In the Yoruba culture, ÀROKÒ is a non-verbal semiotic system of communication.

For Example, Sending a broom to someone means - you no longer want to see them in your house.

PÁKÒ (chewing stick)
When you receive a chewing stick from an opposite sex, hmmm... It means "I LOVE YOU"

ỌSÀN (Orange)
When you receive an orange from someone, maybe sent through somebody else, it means I am pleased with you. It could also mean I love you.

ÌYARUN/ÒÒYÀ (comb)
A comb is used ordinarily for combing hair, I.e for separation of tangled hair.

This phenomenon is transfered in coded Yoruba Àrokò. Sending a comb to someone far away means separation or ending Of friendship/relationship or love affair.

ẸNÍ (mat)
The sending of a piece of mat raffia especially of ore type is an indication that someone is sick in the household of the receiver and such a person is very lean.

Ọ̀JÁ/GBÀJÁ
Receiving some part of cloth used to tie Baby means the pregnant woman you left home has successfully put to bed.

IGBÁ ÒFÌFO (An empty Calabash)
When a king receives an empty Calabash, parrot egg or skull.

It means the people are no longer pleased with him, he should commit suicide.

OWÓ ẸYỌ (cowrie shells)
Owó ẹyọ is an object widely used to indicate many things in different àrokò, depending on the packaging and their number.

A cowrie shell with a string attached to it is a sign of bad thing or that unfavorable thing happened.
Two cowries shells tied together facing each other sent to a party or another group means we are in agreement with you or your view, there is harmony.

But when the two shells are tied backing each other, it means disagreement, it means discord.

symbolizes rejection and unfavorable message.

Traditionally, the Yoruba abhor the giving of things in three (3).

Three in Yoruba numerology is confusing.

Six cowries tied together in 3 pairs, it is an expresion of emotion.

Ẹ̀fà (6) is symbolic in Yoruba numerology, it Means attraction.

Ẹ̀fà ló ní kíẹ fà mí mọ́ra (It is six that says draw me closer).

So this Àrokò means the sender is longing to see the receiver. Or simply put, it means I MISS YOU.

ÌRÙKẸ̀RẸ̀ (flywhisk/horsetail)
Sending of Irukere - flywhisk and cowrie shells from one monarch to Another is a request for agreement or solidarity or farewell.

ÌBỌN/Ẹ̀TÙ (Gun or gunpowder)
Gun or gunpowder is a communication means between states or towns to express a conflict or war.
It tells the receiving town or village to prepare for an imminent war with the sender.

IYỌ̀ (salt)
Salt or honey is sent in opposite meaning to gunpowder. It means peace, harmony and solidarity between the two towns or parties.

Sending both sword and salt to another party in an unresolved issue means the receiver should choose between war and peace."

To be continued later...

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