Moremi Ajasoro - the woman with the most statues in Yoruba land

Moremi Ajasoro is the woman with the most statues, buildings and landmarks dedicated to her name in the whole of Yorubaland.

 There are statues and Landmarks in honour of Moremi in:

Ife - Osun State

Akoka - Lagos State

Ode Ugbo - Ondo State

Offa - Kwara State

Ado - Ekiti State

Sangotedo - Lagos State

Osogbo - Osun State

Bodija, Ibadan - Oyo State

Which other places with Moremi Landmarks do you know?

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Yoruba Cure for obesity or weights loss

cure for obesity or weights loss (Ara si sanju)

Natural cure for obesity or weights loss (Ara si sanju )

This is a simple Natural herbal rock sure cure for obesity.

Ewe eti Erin  (that's Aloe Vera leave,,that have scientific name called Aloe vera Barbaoldness),Ewe ewuro  (that's Bitter leaves, that have scientific name called Verlonia Amyngdalina ).

The two leaves mentioned above, 

that's alovera and bitter leaves should be  get in sufficient quantity, and be pound in a motal, or be grind with any grinding  machine to bring out the juice in these two leaves.

 The juice derived or obtained from these  two leaves shall be seive with strainer to  avoid shafts. 

A litre of omi osan wewe  (that is water or Natural juice from lime orange  will now be mix with the juice or liquid obtained from the two  leaves mentioned above after pounding or grinding and sieve as explained above. 

The quantity of lime orange juice to be  added to it will depend on the quantity of  herbal juice we are able to get from the  two leaves after pounding or grinding and the juice in the two leaves has been obtained. 

For example if we get two litres

 of natural juice from the two leaves after pounding or grinding and seive then one  litre of lime orange juice will be added to mix it.

The quantity of lime orange to be added to the herbal juice will depend on the quantity of natural juice get from the two leaves after pounding or grinding and seive.

 After it has  been  mix with lime orange,  the herbal mixture will now be put in clean keg or jug with cover

Uses of this herbal mixture: 

Any person suffering from obesity or who  like to reduce his or her body weight,  should be taking a small cup  of this herbal mixture in the morning  before food, and another small cup in the night before sleep,(the small  cup mentioned  will be  within the range  of five teaspoon if measure) 

The treatment should be applied

 continuously every day until the desire  weight loss is obtained or achieve.

Note: Am not a doctor

Try it at your own risk

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Iborun meaning in Yoruba

Iborun" in Yoruba is known as a covering scarf. 

It is another form of ipele and it is used to complement a Yoruba woman's outfit or a wedding dress.

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Odùduwà Temple, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Odùduwà Temple, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Yorùbá murals on the walls of the Odùduwà temple, Sao Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷

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Governance in traditional Yorubà society is hierarchical

Governance in traditional Yorubà society is hierarchical. 

The king is the political and spiritual ruler in the traditional society. The kings are assisted by chiefs in directing the affairs of towns and villages.

 The major chiefs ascend the chieftaincy stools through inheritance, while some are given titles as a mark of honour.

All the chiefs, whether traditional or honorary, work together for the advancement, peace, unity, and progress of the town. The political system of the Yorùbá reflects their cultural unification. 

In contemporary times, the kings are at the mercy of successive ruling state governments which pay their salaries and most of which demand absolute loyalty from the kings.

A king is expected not to travel out of his domain without seeking and obtaining approval from the governor of the state where he resides. Today, kings remain in 

the background, mostly seen but not heard.

With the emergence of colonialism, missionaries and their activities, Christianity and Islam were introduced to Yorùbá society. 

The aftermath of this is that once-valued African traditional religion came to be regarded as fetish practices.

-Bolarinwa abidemi

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Trinidad and Tobago passed the Orisa Marriage Act

Trinidad and Tobago passed the Orisa Marriage Act in 1999.

This means Yoruba descendants can be legally married according to Yoruba ancestral traditions.

Enough of white man supremacy.

Let us embrace our own

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The Yoruba Oruko

The Yoruba Oruko (Name); The EDE OODUA word for name is "oruko." Oruko is one of the sixteen sacred spiritual organs that make up your total being. 

An oruko must have a meaning reflecting your spiritual essence. It is not just a "name" in the European sense, but a spiritual word of power.

The sacred oruko is given to a child during the naming ceremony. However, in antiquity a person also acquired another name during early adulthood, a name that he gives himself. 

It is important that you define yourself. The Odu Ifa tells us that we must reinvent ourselves and rename ourselves.

When you are of African descent but carry a European or Arab's name, it is like an ant with no antennas. You will never find your way home.

 You must have an oruko, a name reflecting your spiritual essence. A European name--even if you like its meaning--cannot reflect you simply because the European languages are insufficient at explaining spiritual reality, only an African name can properly encapsulate the nature of your relationship with divinity.

By Arábìnrin Sola

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Ẹgbẹ́ Ògbóni--Do we still have powerful and honorable people as we used to have them in the old Ọ̀yọ́ Empire?

Ẹgbẹ́ Ògbóni--Do we still have powerful and honorable people as we used to have them in the old Ọ̀yọ́ Empire?

Ẹgbẹ́ Ògbóni checks and balances on the power of Aláàfin and Ọ̀yọ́ M'èsì. 

Ẹgbẹ́ Ògbóni is a powerful secret society comprised of people noted for their old age, wisdom, integrity, importance in spiritual, religious and political affairs in Yòrùbá land.

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The Yoruba Gangan Drum; More Than Just A Drum!!!

The Yoruba Gangan Drum; More Than Just A Drum!!!

Historically the Yoruba people of Southwestern Nigeria are not only fond of celebrating great occurrences in the course of their lifetime but also they have always maintained their awareness as to what the dichotomy should be in the celebration of different events!!!

As such the Yoruba people since time in memorial have always paid much attention and luxuries into the celebration of life than death. Although, this is not the same thing for the contemporary Yoruba society. However historically, in other to add great flavour into the celebration of life the people invented a unique classification of drum!!!

The people during the earliest times invented the renowned Gangan Drum alongside other musical instruments, but what makes this particular drum spectacular is that it was actually fashioned to mimic human speech, this which is quite rare for most types of drums!!!

The invention of this particular drum undoubtedly is a pointer to the fact that during the pre-colonial times this people had no problem in perceiving the nexus between arts and cultures. Mimicking is done by varying the tension on the cords that connect the opposing drumheads!!! 

It was designed to have a pitch resonating chamber inside. The waist of the drum is held between the drummer's arm and ribs, so that when squeezed, the drumhead is tightened, giving out a higher note than when in its relaxed state. The pitch can be changed during a single beat, producing a melodic note and the drum can thus capture the pitch, volume, and rhythm of human speech!!!

Because of the spectacular look of this drum, Gangan is used for various purposes in different ceremonies today, like festivals, praise singing, proverbial sayings, keeping of historical records, memories, communication and also as signs and secret communications during hostilities!!!

Gangan is mostly handled by an old experienced drummer as it is believed that the drummer dictates the tempo and direction of the general beat. He also has the obligation to remind the singer of certain things and in many cases, it communicates with the dancers as well!!! 

Therefore, anytime Gangan is involved, people are not only charged by the beat but also emotionally carried away by the messages it passes. Basically, the invention of this drum gave a rise to the occupation of drumming in pre-colonial Yoruba society!!!

Drumming became a profession, as Gangan drummers or expertise (Ayan) began to move from one place to the other recruiting new drummers. As such today, several Gangan drummers can be found in some families going by their heritage. Some Yoruba names today still suggest their roots are from drumming family, such as Ayangalu, Ayansola, Ayandiran to mention a few!!!

To understand the historical antecedents of any pre-colonial African society is to understand the nexus between arts, cultures and spirituality!!!    

By Black Revolutionaries Movement

                           ..............TI

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ÀWỌN Ọ̀RỌ̀ ONÍ LẸ́TÀ MÉJÌ"

ÀWỌN Ọ̀RỌ̀ ONÍ LẸ́TÀ MÉJÌ"

Àpẹẹrẹ (Examples):

1. Jẹ (eat)

2. Wá (come)

3. Lọ (go)

4. Lá (lick)

5. Sọ (say)

6. Mu (drink)

7. Ta (sell)

8. Gé (cut)

9. Da (pour)

10. Yọ (remove)

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Do you play this game while growing up?

Do you play this game while growing up?

Some of us acted Movies that would've won the Oscars but no cameras to record us, no Director.

We had our own childhood Oscars, no cameras, no directors. I remember rolling on the ground, pretending to shoot people with stick guns. It got intense – the imaginary bullets never worked right, and it ended in a big fight. We'd argue, "How the heck am I shooting you, and you won't 'die'?" That was the best part, figuring out the imaginary rules of our play fights. 

Childhood was so much fun, making up stories and sticking to them. Those were the days!

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Different kinds of OBA in this 21st Century

Different kinds of oba in this 21st Century

1. Oba Iwase

2. Oba Igbalode

3. Oba Edide Ejoko

4. Oba new generation

5. Oba Akoti Ile ta

6. Oba bigotry

7. Oba Modernization

8. Oba Ere ta ge(theatre Art)

      Nollywood

9. Oba Alase Lori Orisa

10. Oba Ijo atokere wa

11. Oba Amulumola Adapo

12. Oba ewole Foridole

13. Oba Gangstar

14. Oba Onidan 

15. Oba Goolu

16. Oba Onifari Party

17. Oba Asawo ,Ajogun

18. Oba Onisokuso

19. Oba Ati Ajo de

20. Oba do ri Asa kodo

Moti wa RI wipe irole aye lawa bayi

orisirisi loti wo ite awon baba nla wa afi ki Olódùmarè yanju re fun wa, ko da Ori Ade Igba wa se pada fun wa ko Le RI bi awon baba wa se gbe ka Le .

We need Originality on the throne of our ancestors we must return back to as it was in the days of our

Ancestors so it is now and so shall it be forever we don't need all this addition and subtraction anymore it is causing problem to Yoruba land may Olódùmarè help us 

Ire ooo

Writer : Adeola moyege oladejo

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Pictures - Yemoja Festival 2023

Pictures - Yemoja Festival 2023

Yemoja Omirigbasin

Yeye Olodo

Òkun re Osa re

Ọ̀rọ̀ mi a lé lodo bí òṣùmàrè

Eeeepa Omi Oooooo

Eeepa Yemoja Oooooooo

PROCESSION TO THE RIVER 

Yemoja, Òrìṣà of all water. Iya mi that blesses people from water. 

We are WATER

Random pictures from the PROCESSION in honour of the eldest river Òrìṣà, Yemoja where the Arugba helped the people communicate with the ÒRÌṢÀ and led a procession of different Òrìṣà devotees to venerate the river(odò).

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Alaye nipa ilu Gudugudu

Kosi ba se fe so nipa iyan gidi ti n jo ni lowo lai so nipa isu iyan re, asoku alaye ni yoo si je lai menu ba odo to gunsu ko to diyan.

Nje eyin mo wi pe, ko sologbon aye kan ti yoo so nipa ogi lai menu ba agbado yanga. Awon Yoruba lo si wi pe, kagbado to deko, yangi ni won lo papo ko to dounje.

Kosi ba se fe so nipa orin , onkorin, lai menu awon eroja orin kiko ati bi a se sada orin to dun leti omo araye. Ojo aboki ti pe ni sabo, orin kiko si ti wa laye lati igba tomo eda ti wa loke erupe.

 Orisiirsii awon onkorin ni won si ti lo samooni saaju asiko olaju to wole de. Iru awon ohun elo orin wo ni won lo? Sebi ki agbado to daye, ohun kan ni adiye nje. Ki won to gbe penti de ni Yoruba ti n le laali.

Ki awon oyinbo to gbe jaasi de, awon baba nla wa ni ti n lo oniruuru ilu pelu awon eroja orin kiko loniranran, eleyii ti pupo won si wa titi di akoko yii.

Sugbon sa, ti a ba n so nipa orin, kini orin je? Kini won peni Orin gan-an?

Orin je ohun enu tabi ohun ti eroja orin fo jade, eleyii ti a gbe kale ni ona ara lati dun leti nipa sise afiahan ero okan wa.

Awon kan tun se alaye orin gege bi orisii ise ona kan pataki. A tun le pe ni amuludun eleyii ti a se nipa apapo akojopo ohun ni ona ti awon eniyan fe tabi ni ona ti yoo mu awon eniyan nife sii.

Awon ojogbon kan tile gba wi pe, ko si itunmo kan pato ti a le fun orin eleyii to le kogoja gege bi itunmo kan to pegede ju lo.

Won ni orin je ise ona kan pato, bakan naa ni ero onikaluku nipa ohun ti orin je naa tun je ohun kan ti a ko gbodo foju pare. Eyin tun mo si wi pe, ohun ti enikeni gba gege bi orin naa le duro bi orin gege bi ero eni naa. Sebi ohun to koju seni kan eyin lo ko si eloomii.

Ni ile Yoruba, orisiirisii awon orin igba iwase bi were, sakara, dadakuada, apala, senwele, fuji, ajisari, waka ati juju, lonii awon ohun elo orin kan pato to ma n je koko ninu awon ohun elo orin won.

Sugbon lonii, a ma se agbeyewo orisii ilu kan ti n je gudugudu. GUDUGUDU!

Gudugudu je orisii ilu kan eleyii to wopo laarin awon eya Yoruba ti won gbe ni guusu iwo oorun orilede Naijeria.

 Ti ba n so nipa ohun elo orin kiko, Gudugudu si je okan pataki laarin awon eya ilu dundun. Ti iya ilu ohun omele ba n ro polapola, atileyin kekere ko ni gudugudu n se fun won lati gbe adun orin won yo.

Eleyii ja si wi pe, lode orin taaba ti ri dundun, gudugudu kii saba gbeyin nibe.

Irisi gudugudu dabi abo ikeemu olobiripo. Oju kan pere ni gudugudu n ni eleyii ti a fi awo eran de lori.

 Awo eran yiyi, koboko teere penpe meji bayii ni won si fi n lu orisii ilu ti a ma mo si gudugudu. Gbigbe ni onilu ma n gbe gudugudu korun bi alakorun ni awon akoko ti to ba fi kokoro kanju awo. Poroporo ni oku eruwe yoo si ma ma fohun bi eniyan gidi.

Ko wa si iru ara ti a ko le fi gudugudu da bi awon ilu yoku, onilu le fi gudugudu soro ti ohun ti n so yoo si han kedere feni to leti ilu. Lara awon orisii orin ti won ti maa n saba lo gudugudu ni apala, fuji, juju ati bbl.

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Common NAMES OF ANIMALS IN YORUBA (INVERTEBRATES)

Common NAMES OF ANIMALS IN YORUBA (INVERTEBRATES)

Crab - Akàn

Crayfish - Edé / Idé

Earthworm - Ekòló

Octopus - Ayéfófo

Calappa crab - Akàn bojúbojú

Centipede - Taníṣánko / Ọ̀kùn pẹlẹbẹ

Oyster - Papàsán (Pàsán)

Periwinkle - Ìṣán

Prawn - Ìpá

Silkworm - Tùmbù

Lobster - Ọ̀kàṣà

Millipede - Ọ̀kùnrùn (Ọ̀kùn)

Spider - Alántakùn / Alánṣaṣa

Sponge - Kàin kàin

Tapeworm/Flatworm - Èèpà

Clam - Pẹ̀pẹ́kun

Squid - Fọ́ntọ́nfọ́ntọ́n

Tiger land snail - Ìlákọ̀

Marine snail- Ìṣáwùrú

Coral - Iyùn òkun

Fulica snail - Ìlákọ̀ṣẹ / Esan

Giant African snail - ÌgbÍn

Gladiator swimcrab - Akàn orí òkúta

Guinea worm - Sòbìyà (Sòbìà)

Hottentott scorpion - ÀgáǹtaCrab - Akàn

Leech - Eṣuṣu

Lice - Iná

Limicolaria snail - ìpere

Onchocerca worm - Kúrúnà

Roundworm - Aràn

Scorpion - Àkérekèré (Àkéekèé) 

Emperor scorpion - Òjògán

Estuarine white Shrimp - Edé mẹ́fun

Threadworm - Ejò inú

Tick - Eégbọn

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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OGIDIGBO DRUM AND AGIDIGBO INSTRUMENT

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OGIDIGBO DRUM AND AGIDIGBO INSTRUMENT

Lówe lówe l’à ń lùlù ìlù ògìdìgbó, ọlọ́gbọ́n níí jó o, ọ̀mọ̀ràn níí sìí mọ̀ ọ́n

the ògìdìgbó drum is beaten in drum beats like proverbs, it is the wise who dance to its rhythm correctly, and the knower that can understand or decode it. 

Ogidigbo drum is usually confuse with àgídìgbo. Ogidigbo is a Yoruba drum that belongs to the gbẹ̀du class of drums, it is used to make coded messages or send long distance messages. It was mainly played in the royal court of the Aláàfin.

while àgídìgbo or molo, is a type of Yoruba musical instrument. it is large traditional plucked lamellophone thumb piano used by a thick ring in a hand, thumbs or knuckles.

The instrument produces sonorous tones. Because of the Yoruba language’s nature as a tonal language, the agidigbo can act as a musical “speech surrogate”, conveying language through its tones.

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Ewe Bomu Bomu: Nature's Gift for Health and Cleansing

Ewe Bomu Bomu: Nature's Gift for Health and Cleansing

In Yoruba culture, it’s stands as a symbol of traditional healing and spiritual cleansing. Beyond its practical uses in soap making and milk coagulation, this versatile plant weaves health benefits and spiritual significance.

Cleansing Soap with Bomu Bomu:

The bomu bomu leaf, renowned for its coagulating properties in cheese making, takes center stage in a simple yet effective cleansing soap. Here's a quick guide to harnessing its potential:

Ingredients:

   - Three leaves of ewe bomu bomu

- Soa

Soap Preparation:

   - Grind one bomu bomu leaf along with a soap that can last for three days.

   - Layer the ground mixture between the other two leaves, creating a unique soap packet.

Usage:

   - Bathe with this bomu bomu soap for three consecutive days.

   - During each bath, offer a prayer, focusing on positive outcomes.

Expectations:

   - Experience the potential effects of a refreshed and cleansed spirit.

Health and Spiritual Significance 

Beyond its role in soap making, the bomu bomu plant boasts an impressive array of health benefits:

- Anticancer and Antifungal Properties:

  - The plant's leaves and flowers showcase anticancer and antifungal activities

Spiritual Cleansing:

  - The bomu bomu plant transcends the physical realm; it's used spiritually to cleanse negative energies and attract blessings.

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Colourful festivals celebrated in Yorubaland

Colourful festivals celebrated in Yorubaland

Nigeria is the largest black nation on earth and it is rich in cultural heritages.

 There are more than 250 ethnic groups and over 520 different languages in Nigeria.

 Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo are the major ones. Each of these cultures has festivals which showcase their history and culture

Yoruba land has a very rich and diverse cultural heritage. The richness of the Yoruba culture in Nigeria can be seen and experienced in their festivals.

 Some of these festivals attract Nigerians living abroad, spectators, and tourist from all around the world. 

Some of these festivals have even been upgraded by the government to promote income from tourism.

 These festivals feature lots of entertainment which include traditional musicians with heavy rhythm and their traditional instrument, drums, and advanced percussion, various traditional Yoruba cultural dance, etc.

 Below are the popular Yoruba festivals that are celebrated every year in Nigeria.

1. Eyo Festival

Eyo Festival is a popular Yoruba festival peculiar to Lagos state. “Eyo” is the name of the costumed dancers that come out during the festival. These costumed dancers are popularly called masquerades. The festival back in the early days started as a festival to escort the spirit of a dead Lagos king or high chief and to usher in the new king or chief.

Although most of the Yoruba traditional religions have lost a majority of their followers to Christianity and Islam, the Eyo festival is still celebrated today as a tourist attraction. The festival in modern times now takes place on Lagos Island in Lagos State, Nigeria. The festival generates revenue for small businesses around Lagos Island and also the Lagos State government.

2. Igogo Festival

The Igogo Festival is a Yoruba festival which takes place every year in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. The festival is held in honour of Queen Orosen, a goddess and a mythical wife of ancient Oluwo of Iwo, Olowo Rerengejen. The festival takes place every year in the month of September and lasts for seventeen days. During the festival celebration, the king of Owo and the high chiefs all dress like women wearing beaded gowns, coral beads, head gears and caps with their hair plaited. The Igogo Festival is also a time for the celebration of new yams.

3. Lagos Black Heritage Festival

Lagos Black Heritage Festival is a prominent festival which takes place in Lagos every year. It is an annual colourful folk festival in Lagos State. The Lagos Black Heritage Festival is a festival aimed to showcase the diversity and richness of the African heritage. The festival features a lot of events including the popular Lagos Carnival which is also known as the Caretta or Fanti Carnival of Lagos.

The annual event takes place on the Lagos Island with lots of display of troops dressed in beautiful costumes and also different forms of entertainment such as dance, drama, music, paintings, photo exhibition, etc.

4. Ojude Oba Festival

Ojude Oba is another popular Yoruba annual festival in Ijebu Ode, a Yoruba town in Ogun State, Nigeria. The festival always holds on the third day after Eid al-Kabir. Ojude Oba Festival is a festival that showcases history, legends, conquest, and diversity all in one event. During the festival, a majority of indigenes of jebu Ode travel from far and near to pay homage to their king. More than two hundred and fifty thousand people from all over the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria attends the festival every year.

5. Olojo festival

Olojo Festival is an annual popular festival in Ile-Ife town in Osun State. The festival is a celebration of Ogun the god of Iron. Yoruba people believe that Ogun is the first son of Oduduwa. Oduduwa is believed to be the progenitor of the Yoruba race. Olojo festival day which can be literally translated as the “Owner of the day”, signifies the day of the year that the Olodumare (i.e. creator of the universe) has specially blessed. The Ooni, the king of Ile-Ife appears in public on this day with the Are Crown (i.e. King’s Crown) after several days of being in seclusion.

On this day, the Ooni will visit different shrines to offer prayers for the peace in the Yoruba lands and in Nigeria. Ile-Ife is seen as the source or origin of the Yoruba race. And so, this festival is held in high esteem as a festival for the unification of the Yorubas.

6. Osun-Osogbo Festival

Osun-Osogbo Festival is an annual festival celebrated in Osogbo, Osun State in honour of Osun, a river goddess and an important deity in Yoruba land. The festival takes place at the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, a sacred forest and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. The festival holds in the month of August for two weeks. The people of Osogbo see the month of August as the month of celebration, traditional cleansing of the city, and a cultural reunion with their ancestors.

The festival celebration includes activities like “Iwopopo” which is the traditional cleansing of Osogbo town, three days lightening of the “Ina Olojumerindinlogun” which is a five hundred years sixteen-point lamp, and the ‘Ibroriade’ which is the assembling of all the crowns of all the past kings of Osogbo.

The Osun-Osogbo festival celebration is led by the sitting king of Osogbo, a chosen chaste lady known as the Arugba, the Yeye Osun, and a committee of Priestesses. The annual celebration of the Osun-Osogbo festival attracts thousands of Osun Worshipers, tourists, and spectators from around world.

7. Oro Festival

Oro Festival is a festival celebrated in almost all Yoruba settlements and towns in Nigeria. The festival is an annual one with only male descendants of the paternal natives of the town where the festival is taking place.

During the Oro festival, non-natives and females stay indoors because history claims that it is a taboo for a woman or anyone who is not allowed to participate in the festival to see the Oro. The way the festival is celebrated differs from town to town. The Oro festival is also performed after the demise of a Yoruba monarch.

8. Sango Festival

Sango Festival is a Yoruba festival which holds every year in honour of Sango, the god of thunder and fire. Sango was the third king of the ancient Oyo Kingdom and a warlord. It is believed that the boundaries of the present-day Oyo State were founded by Sango. The festival was re-branded and renamed as World Sango festival by Oyo State government in 2013.

The festival takes place every year in the month of August at the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo’s palace. The festival runs for a week and it attracts more than twenty thousand spectators from around the world. Most especially from Brazil, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Trinidad and Tobago. The world Sango Festival is recognized by UNESCO as a cultural and tourism event of thousands of Yorubas living in diaspora and other tourists visit Oyo State yearly for the celebration of the festival. The festival is also celebrated in more than forty countries all over the world.

9. OBATALA festival

10. OLOKUN festival 

11. AGEMO festival

12. ESU FESTIVAL

13. Egun festival 

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Yoruba female Oriki names and their meanings

Yoruba female Oriki names and their meanings

Abeke – This name literarily means one that is begged to care for or pampered.

Akanke – Akanke means one who is especially cherished or pampered.

Àlàké – It means someone that circumstances had to be overcome to take care of her.

Ayinke – It means was that is meant to praise and pet.

Amoke – It means one known in order to care for.

Àbèbí – This Oriki name is given to someone that was given birth to after a lot of persuasions (probably a difficult birth).

Aweni – This Oriki literarily means a child to be bathed and possessed.

Amope – This name means that one whose knowledge is complete.

Awero – It means one that is bathed and covered in wrappers.

Àbèní – It means we begged to have this one i.e. a child that was begged for to have or born (from God or, more often traditionally, the gods).

Ànìké – It means a child that was born to be pampered.

Abegbe – It could mean a child that we begged to carry.

Adubi – It means one we struggled to birth. Usually, given to a baby born via breech birth.

Agbeke – It means one carried in order to pet.

Àshàké/Asake – Yoruba Oriki name meaning a daughter picked or selected to be pampered or cherished.

Ajoke – Ajoke means jointly cherished or jointly beloved or meaning meant to be taken care of by all.

Ajike – It means someone that wakes up to petting/pampering.

Aduni – It could mean a joy to have or one we struggled to have.

Àríké – Yoruba Oriki name meaning someone that is meant to be pampered or care for on sight.

Asabi –It means one selected for birth.

Apeke – This name means called or born to be cared for or pampered. The name is usually followed by soothing words and songs.

Àdùké – It means a child that people will fight over the privilege to care for her and pamper her.

Atunke – It means a child that would be continually taken care of.

Ayoka – Yoruba Oriki name meaning one who causes joy.

Some other common Yoruba female Oriki names that we could not find their meanings: Adugbe, Aponke, Abeje, Amosa, Abepe, Akanpe, Awebi, Adiya, Asape, Asani

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Yoruba Traditional drum and it's spirituality

The indigenous drum's resonance is made to match the frequency of the human heart, and this is why it is used in sacred ceremonies because it can induce a trance state that can access the etheric body.

The sounds from the drum have the power to heal the body, the neural system and spiritual ailments.

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