Eyo Masquerades: Drummers performing at Eyo Masquerade Festival, Lagos, Nigeria.

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Eyo Masquerade started back in 1854, to commemorate the life of Oba Akintoye. It is widely celebrated among the Yoruba people of southwest Nigeria. Eyo masquerades which represent the spirits of the ancestors takes place whenever occasion and tradition demand, though it is usually held as part of the final burial rites of a highly regarded chief in the king's court of Oba of Lagos.

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Size: 3872px × 2592px
Location: Lagos, Nigeria.
Photo credit: © OMONIYI AYEDUN OLUBUNMI / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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