musical instruments: Bata drums (the largest is called iya ilu, the medium size omele and the smallest kudi).
Egungun is the younger brother of Shango. A variety of costumes are used in connection with his worship: some with carved wooden masks worn on top of the head, some with long panels of appliqued
cloth and leather similar to those used for Shango, and others of different types. All these costumes completely cover the body, head, hands and feet, and the male worshippers who wear them change
their voices so that they cannot be recognized. Although any man may know the identity of the person inside the costume, revealing this secret to any woman is strictly prohibited and was formerly punished by a heavy fine or even death. Egungun worshippers have no beads or similar insignia by which they are identified. Bata or dundun drums are usually played for Egungun.
Egungun, in the broadest sense is any Yoruba masquerade or masked, costumed figure.More specifically, it is a Yoruba masquerade for ancestor reverence, or the ancestors themselves as a collective force. Eégún is the reduced form (abbreviation through assimilation) of the word egúngún and has the same meaning. [Rowlands, E.C. (1973-01-01). "Yoruba (Teach Yourself Books", chapter 7, page 39] There is a misconception that Egun or Eegun (eégún with Yorùbá tone marks) is the singular form, or that it represents the ancestors while egúngún is the masquerade or the plural form. This misconception is common in the Americas by Orisa devotees that do not speak Yorùbá language as a vernacular.
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