Looking Forward To Osun-Osogbo Festival 2014?

Every year, the Osun-Osogbo festival is celebrated in the month of August at the grove. Yearly,the festival attracts thousands of Osun worshipers,spectators and tourists from all walks of life.

For the people of Osogbo land,August is a month of celebration,traditional cleansing of the city and cultural reunion of the people with their ancestors and founders of the Osogbo Kingdom.

The Osun-Osogbo Festival is a two-week long programme. It starts with the traditional cleansing of the town called 'Iwopopo',which is followed in three days by the lighting of the 500-year-old sixteen-point lamp called 'Ina Olojumerindinlogun'.

Then comes the 'Iboriade',an assemblage of the crowns of the past ruler,Ataojas of Osogbo,for blessings. This event is led by the sitting Ataoja of Osogbo and the Arugba,Yeye Osun and a committee of priestesses.