UBC Day 5: Video Interview // Cultural Symbolism of Yoruba Gele and Cap

It seems I talk more about the Yoruba culture on the blog; more than I mention my Igbo culture. The thing is, I teach secondary school in Lagos, which is Yoruba land so it follows that I’ve come to know/learn a few things about the culture of the people. I’ve come to know about asoebi, which I don’t think I ever heard of in my Uni years in Enugu State. When the UBC #blogboost Day 5 email prompt came in late with the tip to ‘interview someone’ via a Video I had several thoughts running from gadget to whom to interview, what topic to talk about and set up/scenery.Eventually, I did do the interview.It was impromptu and I used my smartphone.I came in to work early, I’ve been good with punctuality a lot lately and it makes me happy that I am. It makes me happier to know I’m not an early bird because I’m being forced into it, but because I’m mindfully doing it. Mindfully keeping to the rules of the workplace. Anyways, I came into work and because it’s a Friday we are all dressed up in our cultural/native attire. Ankara, gele and the likes. So, a co-worker had on his Yoruba cap and there was talk about the positioning of the cap. I listened till the end of the conversation before it occurred to me it would make a good interview talk for my lifestyle niche. Oh, yes, never mind my strong Igbo accent it does go hand in hand with my malapropism sometimes. Here's when I tied a head wrap on the blog.What did I learn from the talk?1.   How to identify those married flirty men at a Yoruba party. I’d never have thunkthat!2.   Awareness about the positioning of gele head wrap for women. I might join the youthful carefreeness of careless positioning since I still fall into the age bracket for ‘youths’. But, I guess that like dressing and style should change to appropriateness in one’s 40’s, 50’s and 60’s, careless gele positioning should also change as one gets older. My thoughts though. 3.   The sanspainting of nails and lips. Hmmm. I believe that aspect of the culture has become widely ‘uncultured’. Not that I mind.4.   It was in the pre-video talk that I learned that the name Taiwo is the common non-Yoruba way of pronouncing the name Taye. Taye reminds me of Taye Diggs from the movie The Best Man. Taye/Taiwo is actually the name of an individual of a pair of twins. The other individual is usually named Kehinde as par culture and the sibling following right after a pair of twins is culturally named Idowu in Yoruba. So, yes. Mr Taiwo is an individual of a pair of twins.What did you learn from the video?