Yoruba Response

Body attitude is an integral part of the Yoruba culture. Their understanding of body as the physical manifestation of the person is also very fascinating. The Yorubas are keen on body language. Since the body is the biological concept, it allows for clearer communication rather than verbal communication. Furthermore, I was also intrigued by the Yoruba philosophy of balance, especially the balance of good and evil. Without the two companions neither would have any meaning of existence. And their philosophy is also influential in their dance forms. Yoruba dance forms require a symmetrical balance of the body despite the strenuous movements the body may be performing. The balance is present in the dance form. Although the dancer may be involved with energetic movements, they should also maintain a balance state.
The philosophy of balance is also prevalent in their cosmology. The hot and the cool deities. The hot elements and the cool elements balance each other and would be destructible without the other. Moreover, either would not be in existence without other. The balance and order in this society sort of remind of an unrelated topic. The functionalists theory that inequality is needed to modernize a society since there will be hierarchy of labor, competition and development. Without inequality the essence of equality would not exists similar, to the Yoruba's philosophy of good and evil, that without evil, there would be no point of having a good side.