yaanabileceini
Yaanabileceini is a term used in the fictional ethnography of the Oruvian people to describe a ceremonial performance that blends narrative storytelling, song, and dance. Typically performed during the midsummer festival along the coast, it serves as a communal rite of memory that recounts origins, legends, and local history. The form is described across several reconstructed sources as participatory, with audiences invited to join in refrains.
Etymology: The term is said to derive from two fictional Oruvian roots: yaan- meaning “story” and beceeni
Practice: A performance centers on a lead storyteller who recites episodes in rhythmic prose, while a chorus
Significance and variation: Yaanabileeni functions as a vehicle for transmitting social norms, laws, and cosmology from
See also: Oral tradition, Ritual performance, Mythology of the Oruvian people.