Motif and Colour Signification among the Yoruba

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dc.contributor.authorIwuh, John
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-09T12:07:53Z
dc.date.available2024-09-09T12:07:53Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.description.abstractColour is a dominant medium of visual aesthetics, described in terms of Chroma known in Yoruba as "Aro." However, colour in most Nigerian dramatic performances has aimed mostly to beautify than interrogate its experiential outcome. This research sought to know the effectiveness of indigenous motifs on the audience (with emphasis on colour) based on Yoruba ritual, cultural and religious worldview. Using "aro" as a vehicle for design intentions, decoration and communication, the study draws from tables of the applicable meaning of colour to foreground the research. The paper then looks at colour applications in some Yoruba ritual and contemporary dramatic plays with a focus on indigenous ritual and religious objects. It textually analysed the colour significance of ritualistic aspects of three plays and a performance of one contemporary Yoruba play with European celebrative flavor. Post-performance interviews and Focused Group Discussions were conducted with the audience, and observations were qualitatively analysed using comparative tables. Opinion reveals two significant findings. Colour in modern English plays shows Vitality, energy and beauty, while colour in ritual plays portends gods, spirituality and groves. They perceive colour in modern Nigerian plays as aesthetic, exciting but without spiritual significance. Their audience appreciates colour from a spiritual perspective with deities and related objects or motifs thereof. Yoruba audience also exhibits fears toward ritual objects in performances as they would in real life. The mix of ritual and modern domestic play was able to draw an effective relationship between ancient Yoruba culture and the present and further illustrates the Yoruba audience penchant for figurative communication.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4139
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIcheke Journal of the Faculty of Humanities
dc.relation.ispartofseries18; 3
dc.titleMotif and Colour Signification among the Yoruba
dc.title.alternativeContextualizing Cultural Aesthetics in Ritual and Contemporary Drama
dc.typeArticle
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