The 2021 Olojo festival ---Ileife Agog

People from all walks of life on Saturday stormed the palace of Ooni of Ife en masse to celebrate the grand finale of the 2021 edition of the Olojo festival in Ile-Ife, Osun State.(cradle of Yoruba race)

The  event which started in the early hours of the day was characterised by varieties of activities ranging from different traditional performances like rendering of Yoruba poetries, invocation of deities, gods, and goddesses of the land among others.

The event  turned Ile Ife  agog, it  was turned into a carnival-like is a spectacle that provides a good understanding of Yoruba myth, history, beliefs, and the ceremonial significance of the ancient town of Ile Ife.

Speaking at the event, Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi prayed for the enhancement of the Yoruba kingdom, its unifications.and peaceful co-existence among the Yoruba people.

The monarch affirmed that the celebration of the event is meant to seek the faces of gods for the protection of the Yoruba within and outside the country.

The royal father who blessed all Yoruba sons and daughters from the country and in diaspora, charged them to always embrace their traditions, beliefs, and cultures wherever they might found themselves through their deeds, conducts, and dressings.Oyetola who said, last year, our Government promised that the Yoruba Museum and the World Heritage Centre, the first of its kind, would be located in Ile-Ife, said, “to actualize this, the documents of the land allocated for the project have been handed over to me by the authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, led by its Vice-Chancellor, Professor Eyitope Ogunmodede.  In no distant time, work will commence on the project.”

“When completed, the project will be a supporting tourism infrastructure for the Pilgrimage of Yoruba at home and in the Diaspora.”

Our Administration strongly believes that State economy should be repositioned by giving a boost to cultural-tourism promotion with a view to driving meaningful youth employment, creating wealth, and preserving our cultural heritage, among others. Necessary moral and financial support will be given to the promotion of endowed cultural heritage”.

“Government will continue to do all within its power to protect the people, provide an enabling environment for a prosperous, secure and progressive Osun.”

“As we celebrate this year’s edition of the festival, I enjoin all and sundry to intensify efforts to preserve our cultural heritage, entrench peaceful-co-existence, eschew political bitterness, and always be our brothers’ keepers”.

I congratulate His Imperial Majesty on the successful completion of the rites and the grand finale of this year’s festival. I thank the Ooni for his sacrifices and for interfacing with the ancestors to perform all the necessary cleansing, productivity, security, and other rites for the benefit of the black race in particular and  mankind in general.”

“This year’s Olojo festival happily coincides with the 30th anniversary of the creation of Osun State. I, therefore, enjoin us all to ride on the new platform offered by this year’s Olojo festival to resolve to build a stronger, safer, better, and more prosperous Osun”.

congratulate His Imperial Majesty on the successful completion of the rites and the grand finale of this year’s festival. I thank the Ooni for his sacrifices and for interfacing with the ancestors to perform all the necessary cleansing, productivity, security, and other rites for the benefit of the black race in particular and  mankind in general.”

“This year’s Olojo festival happily coincides with the 30th anniversary of the creation of Osun State. I, therefore, enjoin us all to ride on the new platform offered by this year’s Olojo festival to resolve to build a stronger, safer, better, and more prosperous Osun”.congratulate His Imperial Majesty on the successful completion of the rites and the grand finale of this year’s festival. I thank the Ooni for his sacrifices and for interfacing with the ancestors to perform all the necessary cleansing, productivity, security, and other rites for the benefit of the black race in particular and  mankind in general.”

“This year’s Olojo festival happily coincides with the 30th anniversary of the creation of Osun State. I, therefore, enjoin us all to ride on the new platform offered by this year’s Olojo festival to resolve to build a stronger, safer, better, and more prosperous Osun”.

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