A worshipper of Osun make his way to Osun river in Osogbo, Nigeria, Friday Aug. 24, 2012.
Worshipers of the Osun goddess make their way along with an
unidentified virgin girl 'Arugba', centre, to the river in Osogbo, Nigeria, Friday Aug. 24, 2012. Many of
the worshippers observing the centuries-old ethnic Yoruba celebration in
southwestern Nigeria are
Christians and Muslims. But they say one cannot pray to enough gods in a
country overwhelmed by grinding poverty, rampant ethnic violence and the
ravages of AIDS and malaria.
Worshippers of Osun goddess pray to the goddess and other
spirits as they take water from the Osun river in Osogbo, Nigeria, Friday Aug. 24, 2012. Many of
the worshippers observing the centuries-old ethnic Yoruba celebration in
southwestern Nigeria are Christians
and Muslims.
A Yoruba man performs a ritual to appease the goddess of the
Osun river and other spirits in Osogbo, Nigeria, Friday Aug. 24, 2012.
Worshipers of the Osun goddess make there way to the Osun
Shrine in appease the goddess of the Osun river and other spirits in Osogbo, Nigeria, Friday Aug. 24, 2012.
Worshipers of the Osun goddess make their way to the Osun
Shrine in Osogbo, Nigeria, Friday Aug. 24, 2012.
Worshipers of the Osun goddess make there way to the Osun
Shrine in appease the goddess of the Osun river and other spirits in Osogbo, Nigeria, Friday Aug. 24, 2012.
Osogbo, capital of Osun State
witnessed an unprecedented influx of tourists and devotees across the globe
during the grand finale of this year’s 2012 Osun Osogbo annual festival
celebration and the world class festival has come and gone but the memory of
this year’s celebration continues to linger in the memory of the devotees as it
was conducted without any security threat or rancour.
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