olojo festival 2022
Olojo means "the first dawn" in Yoruba, but the Olojo Festival is an annual cultural festival held in Ile-Ife to commemorate the day the Almighty created the earth.
The celebration is led by His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ooni of Ife. It commemorates the remembrance of "Ogun," the god of iron, who is thought to be the first son of Oduduwa, the Yoruba people's progenitor. The festival takes place every year in one of the last months of the year. The majority of the work is completed between September and October.
Olojo has remained popular in Ile-Ife because it is the only day of the year that Olodumare is said to have specially blessed (the Creator of the Universe).
A massive crowd converged to catch a glimpse of the Ooni of Ife as he meandered through the crowd from the Emese Court, with the mysterious "Aare Crown," at the climax of the colourful festival, characterized by pomp at Oduduwa House, where the Ooni's palace is located. The crown is the only physical symbol of authority that the Ooni of Ife inherited from his forefathers, and it is thought to be the original crown used by Oduduwa during his reign in Yoruba history's classical era.
A crowd of participants, according to the myth, it was made from many items, which included, among others, 149 undisclosed objects, cutlasses, and hoes. It weighs 100 kilograms. The crown holds greater significance in the Olojo celebration. The Ooni of Ife is spiritually empowered to wear this sacred crown during the Olojo Festival, which is too heavy for him to bear on just any other day. The crown, which symbolizes peace, unity, blessing, and prosperity, is believed to attract people to it when the Ooni bears it. But it is forbidden, as tradition dictates, for the reigning Ooni to have even a glimpse of the inside of the sacred crown. While the Ooni does it, he is transfigured into its true nature, Orisa (deity).
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