Photos have emerged from the ongoing activities to celebrate the grand finale of the Osun-Osogbo festival with devotees of Osun goddess, tourists, cultural enthusiasts and indigenes seen at the shrine of the god.
The highlight of the grand finale will see a votary maid (Arugba Osun), going to the river with a calabash filled with antiquities to worship the goddess of the river.
Osogbo town and the Palace of Ataoja of Osogbo had been bustling with activities in preparation for the grand finale of the Osun-Osogbo festivity with the state government had declared Aug. 20 as public holidays for the traditional festivity of the Isese celebration.
Below are photos from the venue of the annual festival:
A woman chief priest (m) offers pryers to worshipers at Osun shrine in the palace. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Pic 1 Daughters of Osun waiting to pray to their god at the Osun shrine at the palace. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Osun worshipers offers prayers to their god. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
A woman and her children sell prepare beeds for sell in front of the palace: Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Osun worshippers buys beeds in prepareration of the festival. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Worshippers at the shrine. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
An Osun worshipper during her prayers to the gods. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Osun worshippers pose for photograph ofter offering their their prayers at the palace. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
People waiting to pray. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Osun worshippers at the shrine in the palace. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
The lady that will carry the pot on her head is being escuted by women prists to the palace. ARUGBA GIRL: Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
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