Ni ayé àtijọ́ ẹsẹ̀ ni gbogbo èrò ma nlo lati rin lati ìlú kan si keji nigbati ọkọ̀ ìgbà̀lódé kò ti wọpọ. Ilé Ọba àti Ìjòyè ni a ti le ri ẹṣin nitori ẹṣin kò lè rin ninu igbó kìjikìji ti o yi ilẹ̀ Yorùbá ká. Ọrọ Yorùbá ayé òde òní ni “Ẹsẹ̀ yá ju mọ́tọ̀ (ọkọ̀) ara lo nfàbọ̀ si”. Ọ̀rọ̀ yi bá àwọn èrò ayé àtijọ́ mu nitori ìrìn-àjò ti wọn fi ẹsẹ̀ rin fún ọgbọ̀n ọjọ́, ko ju bi wákà̀̀tí mẹ́fà lọ fún ọkọ ilẹ̀ tàbi ogoji ìṣẹ́jú fún ọkọ̀-òfúrufú.
Ẹ ṣe àyẹ̀wò àwọn ohun ìrìnsẹ̀ ayé àtijọ́ àti ayé òde òní ni èdè Yorùbá, ohun àti àwòrán ti ó wà ni ojú ewé yi.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
In the olden days, people move about by walking from one place to the other, this was before the advent of the modern means of transportation. Horses were only found in the Kings and Chief’s house due to the ecology of the Yoruba region which is surrounded by thick forest. According to the modern Yoruba adage “Legs are faster than vehicle wears the body out”. This can be applied to the ancient people because the journey that they had to walk for thirty (30) days is not more than six (6) hours journey in a car or forty (40) minutes by air.
View the slide below on this page for the Yoruba names of means of travelling in the olden and modern times:
OHUN ÌRÌNÀJO – Means of Transport Slides
Originally posted 2013-08-02 17:36:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter