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Sleekfingers:
What's satanic there? But visiting Jerusalem and Mecca is holy ?
Black Africans with their inferiority complex etc.....most especially Nigerians......
They spend millions of dollars going to Saudi Arabia and Israel yearly....boosting those countries economy..what would you call that?...tourism is a big business....and we need to start appreciating what's ours....

Exactly. Thanks for the insight. So many places around us to visit but we prefer to run abroad and spend loads of money on some other people cultural history.

randy01:
At op could you believe am this city but never visit here once because of religion. But when next you come try to visit Susan Wenger house around olugun in ita olokan

Which religion stops you from going there? It's a tourism site. No one is saying you should go there and worship. It has rich cultural heritage and stories that one should know.

All4good:
Good effort. Really Nice. Kudos

Thank you.

docadams:
OP, nice work. Heard about this place for the first time when the festival was holding. Not much was shown of the place

That's because doing the festival the place is usually crowded. You can read up some facts I got from there on my blog. Thanks.

toyetade:
You have gone to worship the gods And you will still be calling yourself a Christian.. what ate you doing in those places

I went to count trees

BecomeALandLord:
Nice one

Thanks

deafeyez:
Nice shots

Thanks

0balufonlll:
xx

BbSharon

Good one.

Thanks

vaxx:
Beautiful work of sussan Wenger . Next trip, take a visit to her house, it is wonderful to behold.

That's so cool. I will try to do that on my next visit. Thanks.

afroxyz:
I've been dying to visit his place. If i can get someone to guide me

Send me a pm. I can be your guide.

0balufonlll:
xx

BbSharon

Good one.

Thanks

nonye6194:
Good job op

shebi you follow dey this Lagos ni? let's tour this place with a couple of tourism enthusiast we can find here .

lekki conservation center

Nike art gallery

and Kalakuta museum are all in my bucket list for the rest of this year/January.

have done discovery park and JJT park. national museum is already a done deal for next month


so whatca say


modified: those in Lagos and interested just DM abeg

Cool... Yes I live in Lagos but I'm in school now. Ife. But I do go home frequently.

IrokoOluwere:
Op . Welcome to Osun State .
But ,all that write up and pictures but you refused to mention what state or city you live in
You look like Ibadan babe sha
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...and
...and

She ignored me!

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Lol... . I live in Lagos.

lakesidepapa:
Me too! growing up in Ilesha is one of the greatest things that can happen to human kind. There's a special vibes attached to it. Ijesha ni'mere

Wow... This is a clear case of my mother's soup is the sweetest

lawani:
Interesting I lived and grew up in ilesa. I am a lesh guy

Interesting. Is that what they call you people? Lesh? Sounds cool

davide470:
Nice one Dami!

Keep it up! Small small, you will start abroad photo-trips



Dominique, what say ye? Promise land?

Thanks Dave. Can't wait o .

SkinnyNigga:
No . skull mining is real.

That's generalisation...a bad one.

vizkiz:
I don't know why my attention was focused on OP's hips instead of the pictures she was showing off

Iamicekid:
Is your Name in the book of life....She don Marry oooo

Married to Jesus, right?

At the riverside. Footwares not allowed as people come there to pray and also make their heart desires known to the goddess . Was I making a wish there?

I had fun visiting this place of rich cultural heritage. Would you visit if you had the chance?

https://www.demitalks.com/2018/11/22/

The groove also has the first hanging bridge in Africa. The bridge was really shaky and I was scared initially on climbing it, but it was fun.

Saw some monkeys there too.

https://www.demitalks.com/2018/11/22/

During the annual Osun-Osogbo festival the virgin dressed in white carries a heavy calabash that contains sacrifices to be offered to the goddess . She passes through the tunnel with only the priests and priestess of the goddess and pours the sacrifices into the river after which she is allowed to rest at the first palace of the king of Osogbo for days before getting back to her normal self.

The guide showing the sacred entrance...

A sculpted statue of the white woman Susan Wenger, her dog , the people she worked with and the priest she got married to.

https://www.demitalks.com/2018/11/22/

The groove has rich herbal plants that is use for all kind of pharmaceutical treatments. No form of wildlife hunting is allowed and equally no felling of trees.

Also the first palace in osogbo. Osogbo has seven different palaces in which the present king resides in the 7th one at Oja Oba in osogbo.


https://www.demitalks.com/2018/11/22/

At the bank of the river, no footwear is allowed as people come there to pray, make their heart desires ,wishes, promises, pledges to the goddess for good fortune. Did I make a wish there? Maybe �

An open arm statue which indicates the goddess does not discriminate and welcomes all.


https://www.demitalks.com/2018/11/22/

The groove is peculiar for it’s rich history and work of arts. The groove has been preserved over time from century to century as the Osun goddess worshipers believes the place serve as a medium whereby the goddess still communicates with her people. Sacrifices are made daily, weekly, monthly, and the overall big festival comes up every year in August.


Below are pictures of the many shrines at the river side. The third picture is the shrine where sacrifices are made to separate humans from their spiritual spouse.

https://www.demitalks.com/2018/11/22/

The Osun-Osogbo sacred groove is the abode of the Osun goddess known as the goddess of fertility. Many women come yearly during the festival and ask the goddess for children and then promise to repay a certain gift if rewarded with a child.

Below it's a picture take at the entrance of the groove and also at the fertility goddess statue where prayers are made to ask for children.

Read full story with more details on my blog


https://www.demitalks.com/2018/11/22/my-visit-to-the-osun-osogbo-sacred-groove-osun-state/

dingbang:
smiles, let me have your number so I can call

Sent a DM.

lakesidepapa:
My Hometown.. ! You ought to have ask for pounded yam(iyan) Ijesha and Ekiti love for iyan have no bound and we know how to pound it perfectly.
I think the street u took this pictures is a rural area, u could have to come to the main town around round-about and its developed environs, in fact, u would love your tour more better.

Thanks a lot. It wasn't a tour it was more like a Wakapass. I didn't plan it. Next time I would sure explore the city more.

Mizwisdom:
You obviously love kids a lot

Yes I do

okwabayi:
I’ve read one or two of this woman’s tours. Where she waka go all this while?

I'm back

[quote author= post=72810461]Hugs [/quote]Thanks

Ayomideen:
I love this
Kudos to you ma'am
Looking forward to more from you

Thank you sir.

Tolexander:
cool!
following...

Thanks

Cherez:
cool
I love experiences as this
I'm a bit of rustic and a bit of uptown.
Can't wait for holidays to enjoy a getaway too

Experiences like this breathes life...you should go on one soon.

dingbang:
Erin ijesha waterfalls... I want to visit there

You want me to be your tour guide? Comes with a package o
[quote author= post=72806069]BEAUTIFUL scenes......
Hoping to read more from you in the nearest future.[/quote]Thank you

This is me trying to come back . Hopefully more travels and tours and lots of writings.
Cheers

I Loved their Yoruba compared to mine with the Lagos "Yoruba ". I loved the accent that came with it. It was beautiful . I loved the way they wanted to tell me so much about their city with their little knowledge and how they love to play around unrestrained. They were proud of their own . They made me eat 'Ekuru' with stew when the seller passed by. Hahahaha... I loved it . It's like white moimoi with ofada kind of stew. I guess the pepper used was deep red ...it was epic, typical Yoruba stew. I tried to do my mom style that says you don't drink too much water when taking pepper just breathe and continue , IT DIDN'T WORK. I took three sachets of pure water. I Had FUN . **

The 2nd picture was taken by one of those kids .

Good to be back on Nairaland...Like so good to be able to put myself together to write a post after a long while . I have missed all the lovely and bad mouth people on here .

So three months ago I was in Ilesha for a conference. I had planned I would go see one or two places around the area before leaving. Unfortunately I guess I woke up on the wrong side that day. I had terrible stomach pain and almost didn't make it. I took pain reliever, muttered some words to myself and left the house. I got to Ilesha and felt a bit better and as usual African time came to play. So, I decided to stray away . I walked about three streets away from the Conference Center and I kept on telling myself, this is my first time in this place...I can't just come and leave like that. Stomach pain or not . Eventually I walked into the midst of this beautiful kids on the street at a cobbler's shop. I had my fun. I felt much better. I laughed so much. They loved my glasses . They argued if the colour was pink or purple, one said yellow. I gave up... .