![]() ![]() In Yoruba spirituality and culture, twins are believed to be magical and are granted protection by the god (Orisha) called Shango. The Yorubas in disapora in the spirituality of Latin America however associate twins with Saints Cosmas and Damian. Ibeji is the name of an Orisha (god) who represents a pair of twins in the Yoruba religion of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. The twins are known as Ibeji in the Yoruba language. ![]() One of the locals in the town has once boasted that every family in the town has at least one twin. It is reported that there are 158 twins per 1000 births in that town. The Yoruba people are reported to have the highest rate of twin births in the world.Ī little town in Oyo state called Igbo-Ora has been nicknamed the Twin capital of the World because of its unusually high rate of twin birth. The Yoruba land is generally regarded and nicknamed the home of twins.
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