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ID: 300260771
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300260771

 

Record Type: concept
Gelede (masquerades, cultural events, ... Events (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Masquerades held by the secret society named Gelede of the Yoruba people of West Africa, performed by masked, costumed dancers, often impersonating women, for the purpose of placating the older women of the community and encouraging them to use their powers for community well-being; they are held when society members die, and during the society's annual festival, on the afternoon following the nightlong performance of the Efe masquerade.
 
Terms:
Gelede (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
Gelede (Spanish-P,D,U,U)
Gelede (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
傑萊德 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U)
傑利地 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U)
吉利得 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U)
jié lái dé (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U)
jie lai de (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U)
chieh lai te (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Events (hierarchy name)
.... Events (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of events (activities)
........ events (activities) (G)
Hierarchy of cultural events
............ cultural events (G)
Hierarchy of masquerades
................ masquerades (G)
Hierarchy of Gelede
.................... Gelede (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 西非約魯巴(Yoruba)部族中,由名為傑利地(Gelede)之秘密社群所舉辦的化妝舞會,由戴著面具、穿著服裝的舞者演出,通常扮演婦女,其目的在於撫慰社群中的年長婦女,並且鼓勵她們發揮其力量祈求社群福祉;通常在社群成員去世時和社群年度節日期間舉辦,在艾非(Efe)化妝舞會一整夜的演出之後的下午接續舉行。 
Dutch ..... Te gebruiken voor maskerades die worden gehouden door het geheime genootschap Gelede van het Yorubavolk in West-Afrika, uitgevoerd door gemaskerde en gekostumeerde dansers die meestal vrouwen uitbeelden met als doel de oudere vrouwen uit de gemeenschap gunstig te stemmen en hen aan te moedigen hun krachten aan te wenden voor het welzijn van de gemeenschap; ze worden gehouden wanneer een lid van de gemeenschap sterft en tijdens het jaarlijkse festival van het genootschap, op de middag na de uitvoering van de Efe maskerade die de hele nacht duurt. 
Spanish ..... Se emplea para las mascaradas llevadas a cabo por la sociedad secreta llamada Gelede of the Yoruba people of West Africa, representadas por enmascarados, bailarines disfrazados, frecuentemente personificando mujeres. Su propósito es el de aplacar a las mujeres mayores de la comunidad y alentarles para que utilicen sus poderes a favor del bienestar de la comunidad; tienen lugar cuando los miembros de la sociedad mueren, y durante el festival anual de sociedad, en la tarde siguiente a la representación nocturna de la mascarada Efe. 

Sources and Contributors:
傑萊德............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  文化部文化資產局網站 July 12, 2012
傑利地............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...........  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
吉利得............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...........  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
chieh lai te............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Gelede............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, GCI Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  AATA database (2002-) 124139 checked 26 January 2012
.................  African Arts (1967-) Vol. 1, No. 2, 65, Lawal. Nw light on Gelede.
.................  Contributed as a candidate term candidate term -- AFRART -- 3/96
.................  Fagg, Yoruba (1982) 17
.................  Gillon, Breve historia del arte africano (1984) 254
.................  Thompson, African Art in Motion (1974) 203
.................  Willett, Arte Africano (1999) 69
jie lai de............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
jié lái dé............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, GCI, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  AATA database (2002-) 124139 checked 26 January 2012
............  Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term -- AFRART -- 1985; Glede headdresses
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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