Yoruba religion

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The Yorùbá religion (Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe [ìʃɛ̀ʃē]), West African Orisha Òrìṣà [òɾìʃà]), or Isese (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the Yoruba people. Its homeland is in what is commonly known as Yorubaland (Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire), comprising the majority of the states of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara, Lagos and parts of Kogi in present-day Southwestern Nigeria; the Departments of Collines, Oueme, Plateau in Southern Benin; and the adjoining parts of Central Togo. It has become the largest indigenous African religion / belief system in the world with several million adherents worldwide. Yoruba religion shares some parallels with Vodun, practised by the neighbouring Fon and Ewe peoples to its west and with the religion of the Edo people to its east. It is also the basis for several religions in the New World, notably Santería, Umbanda, Trinidad Orisha, and Candomblé. Yorùbá religious beliefs are considered part of Ìtàn (history), the total...

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