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Unity, Openness, Guidance, Good Heart represented by the statue's features - Oshogbo, Osun state.

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Entrance to the shrine of goddess of fertility-Oshogbo, Osun state

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Bronze wall on the outside of the shrine which is located in the Sacred Forest - Oshogbo, Osun state

iyemoja in the middle

a bit of architectural brilliance here

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The temple in the Sacred Forest, Osogbo, State

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Shrine to the goddess of fertility

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Iya Mopo

For the benefit of our numerous readers, it is imperative to explain the full meaning of Iya Mopo.

IYA : Is the Yoruba word for mother and MOPO; is the Yoruba word for sentry hill.

She was the soldier on guarding the entrance the Osun grove.

It is generally believed by the people of Osogbo that Iyamopo possesses mystical powers and this accounts for her superb ability to guard the whole grove effectively.

She was believed to be the matron goddess of POT makers because of her goodness in the moulding of clay pots.

It may be pertinent to mention that this woman of iron not only good in the moulding of clay. Pots but also an expert in the production of palm oil.

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Arugba Osun (The Votary Maid)

Arugba osun is a young holy lady who gives up the whole of her time and energy to the religion worship and service of osun.

Traditionally the Arugba must be a spinster and a virgin and must remain so until she relinquihes the post for marriage. She must be a daugher of Larooye who come from the rulling house picked by Ifa . {Oracle}

On the final day of osun festival, The Arugba Osun carries the symbolic ritual Calabash containing the sacred brass figures and other objects of worship of Osun and leads the Ataoja's procession from the palace to the grove and back to the palace.

She may be the Arugba for only one year and for several years {depending on her age] until she is ripe for marriage.

On notice of intending marriage, she carries the calabash for the last time after which she proceeds to her marital home.

It is forbidden for the Arugba to trip her foot over a stump or rock on her way as this is taken as a bad omen for herself and the worshippers. For this reason, a great ring of sturdy young men is formed around her on her way to and fro.

The sturdy ring use sticks and whips, beating one another and thereby scaring away possible disorderly crowds round her.

This is the reason why the mother and relations of the Arugba are not in peace of mind until the Arugba safely returns from the grove.

[quote author=Chyz* link=topic=760170.msg9257326#msg9257326 date=1317486211]Scram you rascal.[/quote] LOL chyz u are crazy

wahili nairaland is the best

killayut:
I have to lecture this guy, in Pidgin ABI was from the french word DEPUIS which was mis pronounced by the Camerounians to be API then it became Abi, THE YORUBA SHEBI is simply shey abi, just as yoruba would say SHEY YOU SABI AM , shey abi said in fast tone became shebi, ABI is one of those numerous french words in pidgin, pidgin is a mixture of french words like Beaucoupe ( Boku ) meaning a lot, and KAMPE ( meaning stay there ) and Kalabari Ijaw words,

warri pigin is different from lagos pigin

in lagos, we rarely use boku, we use plenty

eg the thing plenty for here

we also rarely use kampe

we used " i dey, no shaking"

all those kampe, boku etc are all not used in lagos

Lagos yorubas used shey which the OYO etc yorubas use se

killayut:
Yoruba people do not speak pidgin, the yorubas in LAGOS WERE forced to speak pidgin due to Niger Delta and Igbo pidgin speakers in Lagos, Other Yoruba towns like Ibadan, Ife, Oyo, and co are dead zones when it comes to pidgin

Please and please shut ur mouth and stop this ignorant statement

Ogunde has been acting since 1944 were they were little or no ijaw or igbos in lagos

in his first movie Aso Ebi and it was in lagos . He used pigin english to do some of the acting because of the infulenace of the the ceiro(serri leano) people in lagos.

[flash=400,400]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCLyT6k6d-Y[/flash]

killayut:
IN KALABARI  POTO POTO  does  not mean  MUD,  poto poto  simply mean  any material  that is  soft and watery  or moist   . It defines  the form of MUD and MUD IN kalabari  is   LIKA,   OR  LEEKA,  the form of LEEKA  IS POTO POTO,  a soft sexy succulent woman in KALABARI  is said to have POTO POTO body,  watery  EBA  food  is said to  have become poto poto,   POTO POTO is a quality of material,  Igbos  borrowed  it and  miss  use  it,

Poto poto might mean soft or watery material in Ijaw BUT in yoruba it mean mud/ dirty mud and called porto porto not poto poto

killayut:
UNA   is from the french word   NOUS,  which is also  UNU  or  Unous  in French creole,  It was stack illiterates  that mispronounced  Unous (  or  UNU )  to be UNA,  the Caribbeans  still pronounce  it as UNU and not UNA,  na  in Igbo  is  and,  and UNA  in pidgin is not and  but  all of  you,

very very wrong

Na is an igbo word from nna and we remove the n and added the u to sound like a first person respond

In english " You are going there"

in pigin "U na dey go there"

killayut:
I have to lecture  this  guy,   in Pidgin ABI   was from the french word  DEPUIS   which was  mis pronounced  by the Camerounians  to be API   then it became  Abi,  THE YORUBA  SHEBI  is simply  shey abi,  just as  yoruba would say  SHEY  YOU SABI  AM  ,  shey abi  said in fast  tone became shebi,  ABI  is one of those numerous  french words in pidgin,  pidgin is a mixture   of french words  like  Beaucoupe  ( Boku )  meaning  a lot,  and  KAMPE  (  meaning stay  there )  and  Kalabari  Ijaw  words,

I would really advice you not to speak on things u do not know about because u do not even understand the language

Shebi is a yoruba word

se and abi were joined together to sound as shebi

in yoruba, "se e fe lo si ibe"

In english "do u want to go there"

in pigin "una dey go there"

another word is

in yoruba " abi meji le fe"

in english " or do you want two"

in pigin " or una want two"

another word is

in yoruba " shebi intori pe ori e ko pe"

in english  " because you are stu,pid"

in pigin " shebi he dey stu,pid"

also shebi can be used as an exclamation

like in yoruba " wahala lo wa o" response shebiii!!!!

also can be used as "if" or "because"

shebi ti o ma ti gbo oro

english if he had listened

killayut please stop talking about hing u know nothing about

Yourba, english,Hausa and Igbo are the main words in Pigin and moreover pigin english did not even orginate from Nigeria but from serra leano.

I think I am even wasting my time discussing with you.

I mean how can one person say "Pigin english originated from ijaw"

Ko joor ra ra

be wetin, make bomb blow me while Mr president is enjoying with his wife

NEVER!!!!

diluminati:
@Beaf

you are an evil goon!

you've never been to ph in your all your life. so you got nothing to say murrafacker.

@topic

so whats the power situation in your area, are you guys seeing light at all?

na beaf is not evil o

he is just doing what he was paid to do for GEJ. PR

just doing his job doluwa beaf

aribisala0:
no it is not landlocked in fact that coastline is losing about 30metres a year and pretty soon the lagoon will coalesce with the ocean with much loss of territory in lagos and ogun states

hmmm maybe so

although the other side of the lagoon appears to be habitable.

although thanks and sorry for the ignorant argument.

aribisala0:
ode omi is not on the atlantic that whole area where ode omi is is where the proposed coastal road is supposed to pass through to the east.unfortunately because od the size of lagos state you will not have plenty detail on a map this size. the map would have you believe that is solid land it is NOT and the only way you can the only way you can move from ise to ode omi is by boat.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/letters/26028-govs-amosun-fashola-give-ode-omi-community-linkage-road

http://www.nigeriancompass.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3468:ogun-lagos-at-war-over-oil-rich-community&catid=328:commune&Itemid=624

through the creeks which link them DIRECTLY(NOT SHOWN ON MAP) you cannot drive across. that is the point i am making there are several creeks and small uninhabited islands there not shown on the map but ode omi is quite a distance inland. the other thing is badore is inland and NOT on the ocean as the map suggests but on the lagos lagoon.
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/R9004E/R9004E04.htm

My brother

sorry about my ignorance, I just found out that ogun state his a lagoon

thanks

although it is not landlocked

Relax101:
Now this is just way out of order. This is discrimination and a real one for that matter.
They should charge the pro chancellor, chancellor, Vice chancellor, and the board of governors to court.


This is Africa and not Saudi Arabia abi na Iran. Every right thinking person should condemn this shameful and disgraceful act.

It is not discrimination. Covenant University is a Christian University, is it not obvious

Really I believe this is a lie because-------

but that said, He is right because it is a private uni and I see nothing wrong in it.

Yes I am a muslim as well

It is called inferiority complex

people try to push others down so they can fell important

that can be seen in Ghana and Nigeria

etc

Fashola I beg you please STAY AWAY FROM TINUBU. HE WOULD RUIN YOUR POLITICAL CAREER

He is a thief and has almost bankrupt Lagos with all his business and houses that HE used our money to build.

Tinubu knows the people love you and would be using that as a leverage but don't associate urself with him.

If you did any oath or JUJU before getting to power, I know one Imam that I can take you to that would remove that oath and give it back to satan Tinubu

You are a good person and as such should do what is right before Allah/God

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=771374.msg9246339#msg9246339 date=1317325450]^^ Now how are those similar?

Different tonation. DIFFERENT WORDS.

Its like comparing Igbo to Chinese, some words look the same on paper, different in speech. However, some Chinese and Yoruba words are similiar in tonation, but different in meanings.

So. . . .[/quote]But the yoruba and igbo words meant the same thing unlike the chinese

Moreover my ileke-idi, you do not speak igbo and yoruba like me

[quote author= link=topic=770058.msg9246181#msg9246181 date=1317324129]FACT: Tinubu is a big time criminal and should die in jail.
Even though tinubu is not the only thieving governor in Nigeria, but we know he is a criminal and its impossible to arrest all them criminals at the same time. For now tinubu cup don full so make him face d musik.
If e dey pain u say dem arrest tinubu simply go hug a phorking transformer[/quote]gbammmmmmmmmmmmmm well supported

puppy2k:
WHEN INTELLECTUALS TALK, FOOOOLSSSSSSSSS LIKE YOU SHOULD SHUT UP YOUR STINKING MAI-GORO MOUTH AND LISTEN, OR EVEN HIDE YOUR FACES IN SHAME , YOU THINK SAY ALL THOSE DIRTY ABOKIS AND silly ALMAJIRIS THEM WEY NO GO SCHOOL GET ANY LEVEL FOR THIS NAIJA AGAIN ? silly BOKO HARAM APOLOGISTS, IBB AND CO BROTHERS DEM THEY TRY TO SPOIL THE COUNTRY ALL because THEM NO GET LEVEL REACH ASO ROCJK AGAIN, MY BROTHER MAKE YOU KUKU CARRY CYLINDER AS YOUR BROTHERS THEM DEY CARRY NA ,

LOL

Na frustration and envy go kill you. Between you and him, who sounds more educated

mumu

Yoruba           Igbos                   English

Eru                  Oru                      Slaves

Okuta              Okute                    Stone

Ewure              Ewu                      Goat

would come back with more

aribisala0:
rather than going into google to look up what you don't know why not try and learn;
iwopin is on the lekki lagoon. you would not know what that is because you have never been there but you have been to

GOOGLE.COM which is god. well i will tell you two things. many states in Nigeria have boundary disputes so to rely on a google map as a final word is naive.
i lam from that area and have travelled in the water several times abigi,ode omi and iwopin are all lagoon fishing settlements.

NOW it is possible on blogs like this to have difference of opinion that is normal. i do not see any justification for you to say i need my head examined or that i am a lost soul.

it is your mother who needs her head and nyash examined. clearly she is a wild animal that was impregnated by your dog father to unleash you on nairaland.
you are a basttarrd and will never do well

why are u insulting

why everyone they vex like this on nairaland ?

aribisala0:
no alhaji i do not know what a lagoon is tell me. i use google as a tool not the final word, i happen to to come from tht area so google cannot tell me what is outside my door. i asked you a VERY simple question name one town or village in ogun state that is on the atlantic ocean

Aribisala0 my brother we have named the town and villages in that area already

A lagoon is a body of shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the sea by some form of barrier.

OR

Lagoons are shallow coastal bodies of water separated from the ocean by a series of barrier islands which lie parallel to the shoreline

this is a lagoon

[img]http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/images/LagoonXS.jpg[/img]

http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/whatsa_lagoon.htm

Now look at ogun state, it is clear it is NOT a lagoon. There is no barrier or form of land separating it form the sea or shoreline

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Towns like Abigi, Ajumo, Olokata

I hope this clears it

[quote author=Mai-suya link=topic=770882.msg9244752#msg9244752 date=1317309428]Kai this is slowly turning to a recruitment ground for extremists. Now I don compuse who is the extremist again BH or Beef and co,

Anyway good luck to all of u as u try to bring d roof down upon ourselves,

@alh_ I dey one side o, U know suya bizness is booming so sell my blackberry to buy black goat. Anyway I don buy iPad now so una go dey see me, [/quote]

welcome back bro.

killayut:
Oboribo,

Good luck is 1001% Epie Ijaw . The same clan from where Okilo came from and his wife is 1002 % Ijaw from Okrika Rivers state, You are a shameless ignorant.

really u need to stop this ur foolish act of hate

The only bigot here is YOU!!!!

You came here insulting other ethnic groupss, WHY ??

Just because u are ijaw gave u the right to insult others ?

Yes Jonathan is the president today BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF IGBO PEOPLE and others like edo, yoruba, ogoni, itsekiri etc

IF igbos did not support him, Buhari would be there today.

Get that into ur head and still you accuse them of tribalism ??

U need to have ur head examined

[quote author=Mai-suya link=topic=770882.msg9244147#msg9244147 date=1317304812]Haba bulutoot, I no be una say our prsido na d median? In pact one op my female colleague por work say she dey suspect how fifle just dey die commit for road or go prison for our presido,

Any way, dats your gomment![/quote]Long time aboki, welcome back

aribisala0:
MY POSTS ARE CLEAR CAN'T YOU READ THEM

BIGHT OF BENIN IS NOT ENTIRELY ATLANTIC OCEAN.
LAGOS LAGOON IS PART OF BIGHT OF BENIN. IT IS NOT THE SAME THING AS ATLANTIC OCEAN. GOD!!!

Oh boy no call God here. It is not the matter of God at all. God Has done his best for giving you eyes, it is just the matter for you to see with it.

Don't argue about this, it is clear as day.

It borders the Atlantic ocean and lagos to the south

If you can not see that, it is no ones fault . Just google around to get more information or better still go to Ogun waterside local government and learn .

Haba.

Do you even know what a lagoon is ?

killayut:
,

I thought I was arguing with learned matured people, I wasted my time with these uneducated unaware goats, They do not even know the geography of Nigeria, I will never teach them that, Chyz go get google earth and learn more geography of Nigeria,

ahhhhh izon

My brother, this ur hate big not be small

ain't we all nigerians again ? , what makes ijaws different from others

how did u get to lagos without passing through Ogun state ? BIG QUESTION

aribisala0:
too many words and it is not clear what your point is
my point is simple
lagos island(Since you bring it up) and other places bounded by the lagoon do NOT have a coast ON the ATLANTIC.
for example  UNILAG   ,THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE , lagos island,oworonshoki, ebute metta, ijede,baiyeku  are definitely NOT on the Atlantic. they have lagoon coastlines on the LAGOS LAGOON.
a father and his son whilst related are NOT the same.
the lagos Lagoon IS NOT THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
LITTORAL STATES has nothing to do with this discussion and is an attempt to confuse. IT DEFEATS YOUR ARGUMENT SINCE IT RELATES TO SHORES AND COASTS SO LET US LIVE LITTORAL OUT OF IT
if you know of any ogun towns on the atlantic coast

NAME THEM

what are u talking about really

ogun waterside local government

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Ogun Waterside
`Ogun Waterside` is a Local Government Area in Ogun State, Nigeria. It is the only area of the state with a coastline on the Bight of Benin and also borders Lagos Lagoon. Its headquarters are in the town of Abigi at. It has an area of 1,000 km² and a population of 72,935 at the 2006 census

Ogun state

It is bounded in the west by Ijebu East Local Government, in the north and the east by Ondo State and in the south, by Lagos State and[b] Atlantic Ocean.[/b]

http://ogunstatebiz.tripod.com/adoodootalocalgovernment/id16.html

I mean the map is clear, or can't u see

Situated between Latitude 6.2°N and 7.8°N and Longitude 3.0°E and 5.0°E, the state covers a total land mass of 16,409.26 sqkm. Ogun State shares an international boundary with the Republic of Benin to the West and interstate boundaries with Oyo State to the north, Lagos and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and Ondo State to the east.

http://www.cometonigeria.com/search-by-region/south-west/ogun-state

this are from various sites and also go learn of ogun waterside local government