Ojude Oba festival

Ojude Oba is a Yoruba festival held in Ijebu Ode, a town in Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria. It is held annually the third day after Eid al-Kabir.[1]It is a festival whereby different cultural age groups known as regberegbe parades at the front of the king's palace on the third day of Eid al Kabir festival popularly referred to as "Ileya" in Yoruba language.[2] Ojude Oba which means king's fore-court in Yoruba language is usually celebrated with Pomp and pageantry by about 1,000,000 people from different parts of the world and Nigeria especially those from Yoruba origin and most especially by people of Ijebu descent all over the world

The origin

The festival began over 100 years ago. Today, the festival is usually attended by over 250000 people across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria.[3] The festival is often sponsored by the incumbent Awujale, the people of Ijebu-Ode, individuals and corporate organizations.[4]

Adetoun Sote wrote a book on the Ojude Oba Festival of Ijebu ode in the western part of Nigeria. The first book to be written on this festival.[5] Facts, Fiction, and African Creative Imaginations

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References
  1. the nation online. "ojude oba day ijebu celebrated salah and paid homage to awujale". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. People, City (2018-07-30). "IJEBU Age Grade Groups Prepare For 2018 OJUDE OBA". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  3. vanguard newspaper. "the many colours of ojude oba". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. vanguard newspaper. "ojude oba tambuwa pledges support ijebu state". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  5. Ṣọtẹ, Adetoun. (2003). Ojude Oba Festival of Ijebu-Ode. A. Sote. ISBN 2-00-337116-8. OCLC 65206632.
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