Arole OoduaHRM Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja IIHRM Ooni Ojaja IIIfe-Ife KingdomNigeriaNigerian kingNigerian obasOoni of IfeOsun state
Osun Deity Festival in Ife-Ife Kingdom
The annual celebration of Ita-Osun Festival which took part in Ife-Ife Kingdom on Saturday July 27th brought together indigenes, yorubas from around the world and also in Nigeria, and thousands of Osun faithfuls to the Ife-Ife palace.
His Royal Majesty Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife welcomed and led all attendees who stormed Ile Oodua Palace for the 2019 edition Ita-Osun Festival.
The Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife who is not only one of the important leader of the Yoruba nation but is the spiritual leader of the Yoruba nation worldwide during a procession from his palace to the ancient Osun temple located at Ita-Osun area of Ilode community in the town was cheered by all present and across the community.
During the festival The Arole Oodua offered supplications to the deity, Osun Sengese. While addressing the media present, he briefly explain the importance and historical facts of the festival and its deity by describing Sengese as the progenitor of all water deities across the world, adding that the festival was meant to acknowledge the deity which is known for fortunes.
“As you all known that water is indispensable to our survival as human, Osun Sengese is a major deity in Yoruba land known for the performance of wonders through the water.
“Water has numerous healing and prosperity potentials as brought to us by Sengese, the mother of all water deities across the world.
“I pray that we shall always be fortunate, may our glory never be buried under water and may we never encounter flooding. Happy celebration.”
The festival which was witnessed by traditional rulers, high chiefs, Yoruba descendants from Brazil, Ireland Cuba who joined the Osun worshipers who had come from all the states of the Yorubaland, provides another ample opportunity for the teeming worshippers of the Osun River goddess within and outside the shores of Nigeria to converge on the historical city, it also created another leeway for the Ooni of Ife to promote and export the rich and fascinating heritage of the Yoruba nation.
His Royal Majesty Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife welcomed and led all attendees who stormed Ile Oodua Palace for the 2019 edition Ita-Osun Festival.
The Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife who is not only one of the important leader of the Yoruba nation but is the spiritual leader of the Yoruba nation worldwide during a procession from his palace to the ancient Osun temple located at Ita-Osun area of Ilode community in the town was cheered by all present and across the community.
During the festival The Arole Oodua offered supplications to the deity, Osun Sengese. While addressing the media present, he briefly explain the importance and historical facts of the festival and its deity by describing Sengese as the progenitor of all water deities across the world, adding that the festival was meant to acknowledge the deity which is known for fortunes.
“As you all known that water is indispensable to our survival as human, Osun Sengese is a major deity in Yoruba land known for the performance of wonders through the water.
“Water has numerous healing and prosperity potentials as brought to us by Sengese, the mother of all water deities across the world.
“I pray that we shall always be fortunate, may our glory never be buried under water and may we never encounter flooding. Happy celebration.”
The festival which was witnessed by traditional rulers, high chiefs, Yoruba descendants from Brazil, Ireland Cuba who joined the Osun worshipers who had come from all the states of the Yorubaland, provides another ample opportunity for the teeming worshippers of the Osun River goddess within and outside the shores of Nigeria to converge on the historical city, it also created another leeway for the Ooni of Ife to promote and export the rich and fascinating heritage of the Yoruba nation.
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