Tag: Osun Osogbo Festival
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‘Spirits’ attract us to Osun Osogbo festival – Foreign tourists
Some of the foreign tourists, who attended the Osun Osogbo Festival, have said, beyond tourism, they are attracted to the annual event because of its cultural and spiritual values.
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Osun Osogbo festival begins in August
This year’s Osun Osogbo festival is set to kick off on Monday, August 1-29, in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. A festival is an annual event that is usually celebrated in August at a sacred grove, to worship Osun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility.
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Oyetola cancels 2020 Osun Osogbo Festival, gives reasons
The Osun State Government has banned all social activities and gatherings for 2020 Osun Osogbo Festival because of the spike in the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the state. A statement by the Culture and Tourism commissioner in the State, Hon Obawale Adebisi, on Wednesday noted that only authorised persons…