August 29, was the grand finale of the 2015 World Sango festival, and it took place in the town of oyo, Oyo state, Nigeria. The event was full of spark, magic and acrobatic display by Sango followers from other States and towns as they paid homage to the Alaafin of Oyo. They came from such Nigerian locales as: Oyo, Kabba, Osogbo, Ede, Ibadan, Ilorin, Saki, Owo, Igbope, Akure, Ede, Offa, Igboho, Lokoja, Igbo Ora, Ayete, Lagos, Igarra, Ado Ekiti, Iseyin, Ogbomoso, Ijebu Ode, Saki, Ondo, Abeokuta,Etc and beyond. The Sango festival is the most significant and ancient festival in Oyo, since it is deeply linked to the survival of identity, culture and history of the people. It celebrates the spiritual connection between Sango and the Alaafin. Oyo city was the capital of an empire that dominated a large portion of southwestern Nigeria and further west into Benin and Togo, until it's boundary at the lands of the Akan tribes.. And Shango or Jakuta is a God of Thunder, lightening, fire and Swift Justice who manifests as a warrior-king always wielding a double-edged axe which conveys his Ashe or divine authority & power.

Anyways, here are some photos from the event (watered down version), which was elaborately celebrated, and which attracted tourists from over 42 countries of the world. (According to the organizers)

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http://www.oyotunji.org/sango-festival-2015.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_Festival
http://tribuneonlineng.com/42-countries-grace-world-sango-festival

cc: Lalasticlala

I don't give a chainsaw what any doofos thinks of our indigenous cultures and their preservation / proliferation...
Personally, these are the kind of events i LOVE attending..... !!!
An African proverb says.... "Like the chameleon, keep one eye on the future, and one eye on the past " i.e, modernize in such a way , that basic elements of your culture are kept intact....ala East Asia.

Nyc.

lalasticlala:
Op kindly put link to source. Thanks

Done

I'm not seeing fire

Oyibos will not kill somebody o.

She even wear pop socks join

ok

VickyRotex:
I'm not seeing fire

See fayyya

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scholes0:


See fayyya

Op!!! That's for a different occasion na. Compare the banners and environs.

Anyways, I've seen FIRE!!!

Olukoso Alado. Toto fun~un.

Hmmm...the beauty of African cultures!!!

These are people with great culture and heritage. Even the whites love the yoruba culture

seen.

sango ooo olukoso,oko oya na cute guy do d sango

Cute

so we have sango while oydepo and adeboye are going after a foreign god....also oba of lagos is chasing a desert arabic god abi?




issorait

Foreigners appreciate the tradition more than the natives.

eew

Oral tradition tells us that Sango was the third Alaafin of the old Oyo Empire, true ?

okay

these white folks will go anywhere....



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Culture!

Height of idol worshiping....smh

they claim to be christians and muslims but still stuck in achaic idolatery practice

no wonder why their northern counterparts dont regard em as true moozlims

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Whatever that means

alcmene:
Height of idol worshiping....smh

they claim to be christians and muslims but still stuck in achaic idolatery practice

no wonder why their northern counterparts dont regard em as true moozlims

mumu take a chill pill..e no concern u sef.

The devil is a lier!

Nice one Op.

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alcmene:
Height of idol worshiping....smh

they claim to be christians and muslims but still stuck in achaic idolatery practice

no wonder why their northern counterparts dont regard em as true moozlims

That means ur ancestors that worship snakes re saints abi..?
Stupid element ..
The isrealites that ur ancestors claimed they come from
Majority of isrealites re muslims and idol worshippers you will only found countable christains in isreal ,maybe ur ancestors re the cursed tribe of israel