Social Roles of Riddles, with Reference to Kasena Society

Awedoba, Albert K.

doi:10.4314/rrias.v16i2.22893

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“…It is an instruction that's laid on the establishment of the child's social distinctive visual impression, especially those drawn from the characteristic world which regularly demonstrates near perceptions made on them by the innate Idoma teachers (cited in Amali, 2012:346). Moreover on the group of onlookers of conundrum exhibitions, Awedoba (2000) watches that; "Until as of late, it was the practice for children to engage themselves within the nighttimes with enigmas, folktales and children's recreations. There's be that as it may no session given only to telling enigmas or riddling, and at the same sitting children locked in in riddling, telling folktales and playing other games" (37).…”

Section: Riddles and Verbal Artsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Noyes (1995) states that "by the time a person has come to adulthood s/he would have experienced most of the curiously conundrums within the range. The ensuing need of grown-up intrigued harvest (cited in Awedoba, 2000).…”

Section: Riddles and Verbal Artsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The previous hence suggests that enigmas offer assistance the youthful to memorize around the presence of social values and prepares him with measuring sticks to degree them (Gelfand, 1979:85). On the viewpoint of sources of enigma in society, Awedoba (2000) found that:…”

Section: Riddles and Verbal Artsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, children can begin moonlight plays with songs, dances, clapping, and oscillatory running within the arena before settling down to listen to myths, folktales and legendary stories. According to Awedoba (2000), "they may start with enigmas, at that point move over to stationary recreations and maybe conclusion with narrating. The time committed to enigmas is frequently brief by comparison with the telling of folktales, folktales are ordinarily respected as more curiously and energizing" (37).…”

Section: Complimentary Verbal Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cultural Riddles and Performance in Modern African Societies

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Oghenerioborue²

2023

Rand. Inter. Social Sci. J.

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Several forms of performance arts are underutilized for in the past few decades and the Urhobo riddles are not left out. This paper therefore examines various methods of preservation and transfer of riddles in traditional society. This study adopted the survey-descriptive approach as the data and information were collected from natural environment and analysed. It is underpinned by Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory that focuses on the unconscious mind of people as the storehouse of latent materials which can be activated and brought to the conscious awareness. The information were collected with sound recordings which were afterward deciphered and deciphered from the Urhobo dialect into the English adaptation. In-depth interviews were also conducted to obtained first-hand information from respondents. The respondents were purposively selected and interviewed. The data collected in the field were qualitatively analyzed using descriptive and analytical methods. Findings reveal that riddles perform utilitarian functions like entertainment, education, knowledge transfer, coping and distractive strategies and so on. These linguistic resources should be preserved and documented due to their cultural values. Though there are problems hindering the growth of the riddles in contemporary societies, orators have devised the use of popular music as new way of preservation and transferring of oral traditions like the riddles from going into extinction.

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Section: Riddles and Verbal Artsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Riddles and Verbal Artsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Riddles and Verbal Artsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Complimentary Verbal Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cultural Riddles and Performance in Modern African Societies

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Oghenerioborue²

2023

Rand. Inter. Social Sci. J.

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“…Apart from the song riddles serving as a source of entertainment, they show how fast or intelligent an individual is, bring unity among the people, influence someone's action and teach rules of social conduct. This is justified in Awedoba [4], when he says riddles have significant latent or overt social roles. The Dagbamba song riddle also has a number of relationships with the Dagbamba as a people.…”

Section: Syllabic Pattern and Didacticsmentioning

confidence: 99%