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MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2022 NIGERIA NATIONAL COSTUME
OYA-ALA
The warrior goddess costume
is inspired by the strength and spirituality that we see and feel in two of our greatest female deity - OYA and ALA.OYA, also known as oya-Iyansan-an, the mother of nine-- from the southwestern states of Nigeria. OYA is the goddess of weather, intuition, psychic abilities, clairvoyance and reincarnation. She is also said to be the guardian of the realm between life and death, her favourite colour is the rainbow -- denoting peace.
ALA: also known Odinala. She is the earth mother goddess of morality, fertility and creativity in the culture of the southeastern people of Nigeria knowns as Odinani. She's considered the highest deity in Odinani, and the name "ALA" translates to "ground" which indicates her powers over the earth.
The ensemble is a coalescence of OYA and ALA, which is a combo of different colors of leather, feathers, mesmerising beads, detailed mermaid inspired and arranged feathers on the headgear, wrist bands, ankle band, and thigh band.
The hand is embelished with cowries, feathers, beads and accessorized short asymmetrical front with flowing trail leather back skirt. from Nigeria we present to you; OYA-ALA.
Costume by @modelacouture_agency
📷 @001photographyng
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