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The Eyo masquerades and the significance of the Eyo festival

One of the most eye-catching and enduring celebrations in Lagos is the Eyo Festival, also known as Adamu Orisa. Who is the Eyo masquerade? The term "Eyo" is also used to describe the masquerades or costume dancers that perform at the Eyo festival. The Yoruba term "agogoro Eyo" is used for the white-clad Eyo masquerades, which portray the ghosts of the deceased. ADVERTISEMENT Their origin can be traced to ancient secret societies.

The Story Behind Jerry Seinfeld's Pop-Tarts Movie

Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted, a feature film about the heated race to create the toaster pastry Pop-Tarts, starts streaming today (May 3) on Netflix. In his directorial debut, Seinfeld also stars as Kellogg’s head of development, facing cereal mascots and milkmen up in arms because they’re afraid that a breakfast food that doesn’t require milk is going to run them out of business. The movie, which also stars Hugh Grant and Amy Schumer, was more than a decade in the making.

The World: Drink Up, Drink Up

TIME October 24, 1977 12:00 AM EDT India’s Prime Minister Morarji Desai, 81, works twelve hours every day, travels incessantly around India addressing public meetings, talks with vigor and bluntness to his countrymen and conducts the business of government wherever he happens to be at the time. What is the secret of his youthful vim? Something of a health-food crank, the Prime Minister thrives on a regimen that includes daily doses of carrot or apple juice, milk, yogurt, honey, fresh fruit, nuts and dates, and five cloves of raw garlic.

Treat Williams - Age, Family, Bio

Best known for playing the role of Dr. Andy Brown on the television drama, Everwood, and also appeared in several episodes of Brothers & Sisters. Before Fame He made his film debut in Deadly Hero and first gained attention for his role in the film Hair. Trivia He published his own children's book. Family Life He has two children with his wife, Pam Van Sant. Associated With He was rumored to have been linked to Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained.

Tye Tribbett - Age, Family, Bio

Gospel music singer and keyboardist who founded the Grammy Award-nominated and Stellar Award-winning gospel group Tye Tribbett & G.A. Before Fame He attended Pentecostal Apostolic Church in Camden, New Jersey. His father was a pastor and his mother was a minister and a DJ. Trivia He has appeared on the BET show 106 & Gospel. Family Life He married Shanté Tribbett, and the couple has two daughters. He has a brother named Thaddaeus Tribbett as well as two sisters.