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“Gèlè ò dùn bi ká mọ̀ ọ́ wé, ká mọ̀ ọ́ wé, kò tó kó yẹni”: “Head tie is not as sweet as the skill of tying, having the skill of tying is not as sweet as how well it fits”

Aṣọ Yorùbá, ìró àti bùbá kò pé lai si gèlè. Gèlè oriṣiriṣi ló wà̀, a lè lo gèlè aṣọ ìbílẹ̀ bi: aṣọ òfi/òkè, àdìrẹ, tàbi ki á yọ gèlè lára aṣọ.  Ọpọlọpọ gèle ìgbàlódé wá lati òkè òkun.

Ìmúra obinrin Yorùbá kò pé lai wé gèlè, ṣùgbọ́n òwe Yorùbá ti ó ni “Gele ko dun bi ka mo we Continue reading

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