Culture
Uniqueness Of The Osun Osogbo Festival 2021
Every August, lots of people from around the world throng to Osun State, Nigeria, to attend and participate in the famous, two-week long Osun-Osogbo Festival. It is held at the illustrious and sacred Osun Grove, which was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Although a sizable number of the participants are Osun indigenes, the festival has, over the years, morphed into an event that attracts the attention of tourists and visitors from other parts of the world.
According to legend, the festival was borne out of the yearly sacrifice done to celebrate the river goddess, who serves as the protector of the the clan.
The legend goes thus: about seven centuries ago, when the current Osogbo community was founded.
The river goddess assured the people of her protection and promised to bless their women with fruitfulness of they would offer a sacrifice to her annually.
The contract was sealed and the sacrifices and ceremonies became a thing of what the legend does time-to-time and annually.
(Omo Lamurudu Media)
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