page_title: Egungun
hierarchical_section_title: Egungun
caption_attribution_description: A Egungun masquerade dance garment in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
context_page_description: Egungun, in the broadest sense of the word, refers to all types of Yoruba masquerades or masked, costumed figures. More specifically, "Egungun" refers to the Yoruba masquerades connected with ancestor reverence, or to the ancestors themselves as a collective force. The belief that Egun or Eegun is the singular form or that it represents the ancestors while egúngún is the masquerade and / or the plural form is a misconception in the Americas by Orisa devotees that do not speak Yorùbá language as a vernacular. In actuality, eégún is only the reduced form / abbreviation assimilation of the word egúngún; There is absolutely no difference in meaning between the full and reduced forms of the word.
context_section_description: Egungun, (egúngún with proper Yorùbá language tone marks) in the broadest sense of the word, refers to all types of Yoruba masquerades or masked, costumed figures. More specifically, "Egungun" refers to the Yoruba masquerades connected with ancestor reverence, or to the ancestors themselves as a collective force. The belief that Egun or Eegun (eégún with correct Yorùbá tone marks) is the singular form or that it represents the ancestors while egúngún is the masquerade and / or the plural form is a misconception in the Americas by Orisa devotees that do not speak Yorùbá language as a vernacular. In actuality, eégún is only the reduced form / abbreviation assimilation of the word egúngún; There is absolutely no difference in meaning between the full and reduced forms of the word.
caption: An egungun masquerade dance garment in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
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