Ààrò mẹ́ta

Description

Ààrò mẹ́ta kò lè da ọbẹ̀ nú
In yoruba it literally means the tripod or the proverbial three-legged stool. It carries an even deeper meaning into the customs and mysteries of rituals in yorubaland. Ààrò mẹ́ta symbolizes balance or stability.
In Yoruba cosmology three indicates unity,most stools have three stands for balance, stability and politically it symbolizes order (Executive, Legislative, Judiciary). In other words out of the chaos of life struggles we must find order.
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