Meaning of aroko | Babel Free

Definitions

1. countryside; rural area
2. essay
3. In traditional Yoruba society, a symbolic message sent as a form of communication between two entities. The purpose of the àrokò was to send a secret message in which only the two entities communicating would understand what the contents of the àrokò meant.
4. symbol, sign

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Examples

“Tí obìnrin tàbí ọkùnrin bá ránṣẹ́ òòyà bí àrokò sẹ́ni kejì wọn, ó túmọ̀ sí pé wọ́n fẹ́ pínyà ipò tọkọtaya”

If a man or a woman sends a comb as a symbolic message, it means that they intend to separate from their marriage

“Baṣọ̀run Gáà fi ẹyin oódẹ pàrokò ránṣẹ́ sí Aláàfin”

Basorun Gaa used a parrot egg as a symbolic message to the Alaafin.

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