Osaara, goddess/deity of swamp, children & the wife of Oduduwa had her festival done today by at Moore, her home/shrine and it was graced by the Ooni & Ife people.

Here are some pictures:

The Ooni saying prayers

More.

1. Agbon Oooni

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All this demon worship just to attract tourism Its uncalled for.

newbornmacho:
All this demon worship just to attract tourism Its uncalled for.

it's not demon worship. it's our culture , heritage and history.

newbornmacho:
All this demon worship just to attract tourism Its uncalled for.

Put a stopper on your leaky face!

I see

newbornmacho:
All this demon worship just to attract tourism Its uncalled for.

Typical Ibo man, always denigrating others and they are worst. Smh

[size=28pt]When I saw it, I laugh
Ife is just the centre of juju or voodoo

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compoundC:
[size=28pt]When I saw it, I laugh Ife is just the centre of juju or voodoo
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is that a bad thing?

Aboru Aboye oooo

This is the same man forming tough guy when he was just crowned by declaring his total love for Jesus. Well, he has no choice

kolawaxxy:
This is the same man forming tough guy when he was just crowned by declaring his total love for Jesus. Well, he has no choice

Lol

He was just wyning himself then. He was tet to know the depth of job he signed up for.

Ok nice one

KIRIJI:
Aboru Aboye oooo

Ogbo ato asure iwori wofun.

Part of the Babalawo Olodu meridinlogun (16 Babalawos with Odus) at the Osaara festival.

Lalasticlala

9jacrip:
Part of the Babalawo Olodu meridinlogun (16 Babalawos with Odus) at the Osaara festival.

This is interesting. Ile-Ife was the last place I expected to find this type of hats! If these pictures had randomly popped up somewhere else I would have thought they came from the Niger Delta!

Wulfruna:


This is interesting. Ile-Ife was the last place I expected to find this type of hats! If these pictures had randomly popped up somewhere else I would have thought they came from the Niger Delta!

They started using it during colonial times, in recent times.

Originally, they'd scrape their hair but leave a small part of the left side of their head like a ball where a black soap pounded in herbs and animal blood is then placed on the round tuft of hair with the red feather stuck in it.

They still do their hair that way but they cover their heads during cerenonies such as this.

I think that hat with gin to Ooni's palace chiefs & Ifa chiefs during Olubuse 1's period.

9jacrip:


They started using it during colonial times, in recent times.

Originally, they'd scrape their hair but leave a small part of the left side of their head like a ball where a black soap pounded in herbs and animal blood is then placed on the round tuft of hair with the red feather stuck in it.

They still do their hair that way but they cover their heads during cerenonies such as this.

I think that hat with gin to Ooni's palace chiefs & Ifa chiefs during Olubuse 1's period.

Super cool!

Hey, you know your way around Lagos, right? And you sound like an academic or someone with a history background, so you're probably the right person to ask this. Do know you any good bookstore in Lagos where one can get good Nigerian history books - Stephen Akitoye's "History of the Yoruba People", for example?

Beautiful tradition. Lalasticlala please can you help us put this to the FP

Wulfruna:


Super cool!

Hey, you know your way around Lagos, right? And you sound like an academic or someone with a history background, so you're probably the right person to ask this. Do know you any good bookstore in Lagos where one can get good Nigerian history books - Stephen Akitoye's "History of the Yoruba People", for example?

For books like that I'll suggest you try Unilag Bookstore if they have one.

Why not buy a kindle edition on Amazon? That way you can read on any of your devices except you like paperback for your library.

9jacrip:


For books like that I'll suggest you try Unilag Bookstore if they have one.

Why not buy a kindle edition on Amazon? That way you can read on any of your devices except you like paperback for your library.

Ah, UNILAG. I'll look there. Thank you!

I don't enjoy reading book-length stuff on my device. Usually when I start reading an interesting book on a device, I just stop after a few chapters and begin to look for where I can get a hard copy. I think it's something about screens, I don't like looking at them for too long. Plus I like the feel of paper.

Woooow.... I love this.

We have a good culture for tourism

the beauty of africa/// this is the kind of things i love seeing

Nairaland is another new world. Buried in insta, Facebook, whatsapp, IMO.. But Nairaland is another new and special world

Representing

Nice.. see the festival i attended over d weekend as well

Isese Lagba