The popular word used mostly to describe lavish
parties among the Yorubas was coined from a slang in the 60s. It has always been a belief that no beautiful Yoruba woman's beauty accessories were complete without the lleke (waist beads).
Yoruba men mostly loOK out to have a feel of these beads around the women's waists whenever they dance with them at the party. The moment any man felt the beads with his hand placed around the woman's waist while dancing, he would look in the direction of his fellow men and they would ask in unison, "Sowanbe?" (s it there?), he would reply "Owanbe" (lIt's there). That was how 'Owanbe' became a slang to describe parties where beautiful and sociable women attend until it covers all Yoruba social events till date.
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