Buried alive with the Ooni in Nigeria - or would you RUN like the Abobaku??

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In Yoruba - Abobaku is the term used to describe "The one who dies with the King."
So when the Ooni of Ife - or the king of the Yoruba people - dies, the Abobaku must be buried with him. The Abobaku is appointed at the king's coronation and takes care of him while he's alive. But, once he dies, must serve and attend him in the afterlife.
"They would have to drag me back by force!" says one man.
"He is greedy for accepting that position - so he should follow Oba!" says another guy.
Nigeria's Nobel Prize Laureate - Wole Soyinka - wrote his play: "Death and the King's Horsemen" about the act.
Ife is known as "the Source" in Yorubaland and the Ooni is not only the king but spiritual leader of the Yoruba people.
However, with the recent death of the late Ooni of Ife - there are reports that the burial ceremony had to be postponed after the Abobaku fled.
"You cannot see your death and stand there!" says one guy.
Would you run?
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@alexogomudia9202 5 жыл бұрын

Such traditions, When other countries are going to the moon we still burying king's with people in Nigeria and we wonder why we haven't evolved as a country

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

👍🏿

@AhmessOfficiel 6 жыл бұрын

Yeahh cool.

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

You’d like to be buried with the Ooni?

@danielonanuga424 10 ай бұрын

It is hard to die with anyone no matter what

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

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@JoshTph 9 жыл бұрын

sheesh!!!

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

It’s a lot. I know

@cynthiaekpe5628 8 жыл бұрын

What tradition? forget tradition and follow jesus. old things are passed a way. all things are now new

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

👍🏿

@BattaBox 9 жыл бұрын

Would you run or be buried with the Ooni?!

@d47893 9 жыл бұрын

***** See the way all the brain dead were reacting to it. They know nothing and even the interviewer. Brainwashed lost bastards. Awon omo ale jati jati. Sold outto AngloZionist Empire Puppets talking rubbish..

@omotolaladoja4403 9 жыл бұрын

TopArtic Mudrel Honestly, they are brain-dead and it is also known as brain slavery or mental slavery. A mental disorderliness that leads to permanent slave cancer of the brain.

@JoshTph 9 жыл бұрын

+Omotola Ladoja critical thinking = way forward

@JoshTph 9 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Topah not tradition

@sweetlady3651 9 жыл бұрын

yep run I'll get ghost real quick

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

😂😂

@fatimahjibril7499 9 жыл бұрын

I hope you know that no Abobaku ran away. This whole thing started as a joke. Burying someone with the dead Oba is an old Oyo empire practice not Ile ife. Even in Oyo, in this present day no such thing occurs again. Verify your stories ***** dont spread false information especially to people who are not informed. It has already been abolished a long time ago. I know the news sounds juicy, but at least have some credibility.

@TheStolic 9 жыл бұрын

Fatimah Jibril Thank you sister, for the knowledge.

@beeojeiks6516 9 жыл бұрын

Fatimah Jibril Thank you for shedding some light into this story. My dad once told me his grandfather was a king and so many servants were buried alive with him when he died. I must admit coming across this store brought back the fear I felt the first time I hear about it. I am a Yoruba woman but some traditions of burying someone alive is wicked and inhumane. I pray that if such tradition exist it must be abolished. Forget traditions its dated or twins will still be killed today- that was once a tradition!

@naijalolade688 9 жыл бұрын

Fatimah Jibril The truth of the matter is there was never a time that anyone was burried with any Oba... This was part of the Religious Propaganda campaign they used to neutralize the Oyo Empire back in the day. There is nothing such as ABobaku. It is just normal word like Abokoku. Abobaku is a word and an expression you can use for so many things proverbially. It is not a title.Examples: E mi o le se “Abobaku Obirin” meaning I will not die because of a woman. Mi o le se “Abobaku Oga” that is I will not die for the boss. Most of us are carried away by western culture…including their religion, fashion, music, language just to mention a few.

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👍🏿

@2cut32handle 9 жыл бұрын

The guy in the black suit is not looking bad ooo

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

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@tunjilegba 9 жыл бұрын

Run to the hills

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

😂👍🏿

@odinesenwad6922 9 жыл бұрын

Ima run 440

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

Lol

@tekenakaribiwhyte1948 8 жыл бұрын

Since the man has vamoosed they should replace the man with one of the kings children

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

Lol

@nnamdiconfi 9 жыл бұрын

if I hear say I no run. who dem put sugar for im mouth im troway am? enjoyment or no enjoyment, I go run

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

😂😂

@oyebode3196 9 жыл бұрын

pls is it through that they bury abobaku with the king . I thought is only a title. if na so it's rubbish and it needs to be abolished immediately

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

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@koromahassan8845 8 жыл бұрын

If a man knew the full meaning of what he was about or what he was signing such as being buried along side a king or whatever, and recieving award for that. my suggestion is pls look for him where ever he is hiding and bury him with the king. But i believe that it is very nasty for us to continue hearing more about evil traditions. In Yeruba land they are called Taye and Kehinde, so why not continue killing twins just as it was several years ago?

@NaijaLyricsTranslations 8 жыл бұрын

+Koroma Hassan Yoruba people never killed twins. Twins played an important role in Yoruba tradition. In the Yoruba religion, there are even twin Orishas who act as special guardians to twins.

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@JoshTph 9 жыл бұрын

let's all grow up, this is d 21st century.. damn.. we need to clear our minds of all d crap and critical thinking to our systems

@JoshTph 9 жыл бұрын

*apply

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

👍🏿

@ME-qw6iz 8 жыл бұрын

These people are they serious? It is just paining them he enjoyed then he ran away. But what if he didn't succeed to run nko? Please change that shit joor

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@jesh_esq 9 жыл бұрын

This is way 2 ridiculous, thought - provoking as well as hilarious...'abobaku¿'

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

😂😂

@lorrainemaye3377 7 жыл бұрын

backwards

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

Huh?

@vintageinidierocker 9 жыл бұрын

This is not is illegal this story is false

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@gideonc.mekwunye4524 8 жыл бұрын

Olumide Sorry O! It's best I stop wasting my time. Think what you like, murder the Igbo language as you like in spelling and in speech. You know everything. Bye o. I have expressed myself. "He that knows not yet knows not that he knows not is= fill it yourself."

@BattaBox 10 ай бұрын

Huh?