CHAPTER 38: SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF SALOKO MUSIC IN PUBERTY RITES CUSTOM OF THE ÓKPÈ PEOPLE

Odah Orhoho, Prof. Emurobomo G. Idolor

Abstract


Saloko music is a component of puberty rite practice (Osamo) among the Ókpe people in Delta State, Nigeria. Puberty rite portrays maturity when Ókpe girls are most times matrimonially engaged and circumcised for marriage. This tradition has not sufficiently benefited from the intensive study of its music component. It has become imperative to examine the performance practice of Saloko music and its social relevance; collect, transcribe, notate and analyse existing songs for the records and knowledge of children within and outside Ókpeland. The Ethnomusicological Field Research Method by Bruno Nettl was adopted and the result showed that Saloko songs function as a social paradigm as they are instructive to mature girls, their mothers and the entire society. The musical practice is currently dwindling going to the influence of the 2008 World Health Organisation declaration on the practice of circumcision. It is, however, recommended that Sal?k? music should be adapted to proximate social activities in society and also benefit from scholarship and art music creativity.Keywords: 

Saloko, Osamo (puberty rite), folk music, Ókpe culture, Social relevance


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