On October 16th, twins and their families were welcome to Igbo-Ora town for the 2019 World Twins Festival.

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Baba Alaafin during World Twins Festival 2019@Igbo-ora, Oyo State

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The town which located in the Southwestern region Nigeria is also known as  “TWINS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD” town as almost every native living there is either a twin, has had twin or comes from a family of twins. Even their newly installed traditional monarch HM Oba Jimoh Olagunju Titiloye, the Olu of Igboora is a twin married to a twin and has sets of twins

The festival also welcomed their royal patron and father of twins himself His Imperial Majesty The Alaafin of Oyo and one of his youngest wife HRH Ayaba Anu Adeyemi(who was Royal Mother of the Day and is a mother of soon to be 1 year old twins).

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#Baba#Ibeji# #Iya#Ibeji #tourism#culture Baba Alaafin &Ayaba Anu@just concluded World Twins Festival 2019

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When addressing everyone Oba Adeyemi III, Iku baba yeye(father of twins) said that the festival is a celebration of culture and recognition of Ibeji(twins in Yorubaland) as special children in Yorubaland as the birth of twins heralds peace, progress, prosperity and good luck to their parents and families. He also added that parents should always take good care of them.