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Photographs © Tim Hamill
YORUBA ESHU
Eshu, a trickster, is one of the Yoruba orisha (gods). Eshu
is also a contradictory personality responsible for the good and bad changes
that occur in life. The Yoruba honor and make sacrifices to Eshu to placate
him and they place Eshu imagery on carved doors, and shrines to the god
at crossroads, marketplaces, town gates, and compound entrances, places
where Eshu can cause unexpected things to happen. The small figures with
long ponytail-like hairstyles or headdresses may represent worshippers of
Eshu.
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