Photos from the event activities celebration of the 2015 Grand Finale
of the Osun-Osogbo Festival with devoted of Osun goddess, tourists, cultural
enthusiasts and indigenes seen at the shrine of the god.
Osogbo town and the Palace of Ataoja of Osogbo had been bustling with
activities in preparation for the grand finale of the Osun-Osogbo festivity
with the state government had declared Aug. 20 was public holidays for the
traditional festivity of the Isese celebration.
The highlight of the grand finale will see a votary maid (Arugba Osun),
going to the river with a calabash filled with antiquities to worship the
goddess of the river.
The Ayo Olopon contest (Native ayo contest) came up on Thursday.
Meanwhile, foreigners who participated in the 2015 edition of
Osun-Osogbo Festival have applauded its uniqueness and cultural values.
According to a NAN report, a Japanese, Mrs Aleleo Yoshine, said that Osun-Osogbo festival was
traditional in nature and also educate people on the rich culture and tradition
of the state.
Yoshine said that most of the festival she had been attending all over
the world look artificial but Osun-Osogbo festival looked real and natural.
She said the festival looked real and natural because visitors,
tourists and indigenes did respect the norms and values of the River goddess.
“As you can see people going into the river with a calabash filled with
antiquities to worship the goddess of the river.I can also see people washing
their heads in the river, filling their bottle with water from the Osun River.
It shows the respect and belief people have for the goddess of the river and
also how they valued their culture,’’ Yoshine said.
Another tourist, Mrs Iris Hernandez,an American, lauded the festival,
saying that it was different from the festival she had been attending in United
State.
According to her, the festival is colorful, full of antiquities and it
is so traditional compared to other countries of the world that are artificial.
“I enjoyed my coming to Nigeria; I will like to come again because of
the cultural knowledge gained. The festival brings about cultural integration
between one country and the others. I met people from different part of the
world here at the festival that interests me,’’ Hernandez said.
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