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Gelede

Yoruba religious ceremony
Event religious_holiday Q1418137

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
religious holiday
Country of origin
Benin, Nigeria, Togo[2][3][4]
Intangible cultural heritage status
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2008–present), Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity (2001–present)[6][7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[8]
Uses
Gẹlẹdẹ mask[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gelede en Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ de Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ en-gb Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ es Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ fr Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ he גלדה ja ゲレデ nl Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ pl Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ pt Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ pt Guelede ru Геледе tr Gẹlẹdẹ zh 热莱德
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gelede masquerade, Benin, Nigeria.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300260771
Described at URL
ich.unesco.org, ich.unesco.org, ich.unesco.org
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Gelede
Freebase ID
/m/04_v63
UNESCO ICH ID
RL/00002

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Country of origin 3
Nigeria, Benin, Togo
Intangible cultural heritage status 2
Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Instance of 1
religious holiday
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Summary

Gelede is a religious holiday[1].

Related Entities

Benin Nigeria Togo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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