Panumọ Yoruba hairstyle

Panumo hairstyle

Panumo (keep quiet)- the cornrows start from different points, the front/ top of the head and the back of the head, and meet at the center/ crown of the head (usually with a little opening).

 The hair forms a ‘mouth,’ and the crown forms the opening ofthe mouth

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Ipakọ Elede Yoruba hairstyle

Ipako- Elede hairstyle

Ipako-Elede (back of a pig’s head)- is a style in which cornrows run from the rear of the head and end at the top of the head, close to the forehead.

 This style is going extinct because many ladies do not like how the back of their heads looks after making the style.

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Kolese Yoruba hairstyle

Kolese hairstyle in Yoruba Land 

Kolese (without legs)- is a style in which cornrows run from the front/top of the headto the ends and at the back of the head, close to the neck.

 This style was called ‘kolese’ because women in the precolonial Yoruba land had curly or coily hair. 

The ends of their hair would not stand straight and would just curl up.

 Hence the name kolese . It is a well-known braided hairstyle that is found throughout much of Yorubaland.

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Yoruba koroba hairstyle

koroba hairstyle in Yoruba Land

Koroba (a calabash turned upside down): This style involves beautifully woven hair from the center of the scalp down to the front, rear and sides.

 The tips are typically made into knots and designed with beads.

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Yoruba Suku hairstyle

Suku hairstyle

These are the hairstyle and fashion which our fore fathers and mothers do. 

Suku- a style with either short or long knots. 

Braids run from the forehead, sides, and back of the head to the head to the crown/ middle area of the head. 

Another form of Suku is called the Suku Ologede (sleeping didi method) Queens originally wore this style across Yoruba land.

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Eko Bridge Hairstyle

Eko Bridge’ is a treaded hairstyle made with rubber and a particular kind of thin thread.

 One of the characteristics of the thread back then was that it shone like rubber. It was a popular hairstyle in the 60s and named after the Eko Bridge. 

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Old Yoruba Hairstyle And what they represent

old Yorùbá hairstyles and what they represent?

Let’s me go first; Òrìṣàbùnmi hairstyle depicts royalty and the king palace.

Adé Ọba hairstyle represents crowns. The hairstyle is mainly for king’s wives in Yorùbá land.

Ìpakọ́ Ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ 

Ṣadé Adú

Korobá Àdìmọ́lẹ̀

Ṣùkú

Abetí Ajá 

Pàtẹ́wọ́

Òrìṣàbùnmi

Kọjúsọ́kọ

Ogún Parí 

Kòlésẹ̀ 

Òsùká

All the old Yorùbá hairstyles represents

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Ìyàwò Ọ̀sìngín hair style and what it means

 Ìyàwò Ọ̀sìngín hair style and what it means

 

Ìyàwò Ọ̀sìngín signify the happiness and joy of a newly wed bride and how people which includes her in laws and joy wishers surrounds her.

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