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Oro Ile Emi Oya


This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 6:12 - 6:40


CALL:

common spelling common pronunciation
oro ile oh-roh ee-lay
emi oya ay-mee oh-yah

RESPONSE:

Same as call.


ALTERNATE CALL:

common spelling common pronunciation
oro ile oh-roh ee-lay
oro ile oh-roh ee-lay

ALTERNATE RESPONSE:

Same as call.

Learn More!

  • In the recording from Abbilona, the shorter oro ile call/response is sung first, but on this page, I have documented them flipped.
    • oro means literally words, or in this case, singing and praise.
    • ile would mean house or religious family.
    • emi means me.
  • And putting that together, it may allude to the meaning:
    • I am singing with my religious family to/for Oya.
    • We all sing together.

RESOURCES:

T. Altmann Song 182

Maintained by Stephanie Frantz