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Reason We Worship Osun Goddess — Foreign Believers

Tapre Timine
Tapre Timine
Published: January 1, 2021
Last updated: January 1, 2021
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Several foreign devotees at the just concluded Osun-Osogbo festival have affirmed belief in the sanctity of the Osun deity, noting the annual festival offers an opportunity for worship through the sacred grove.

The tourists, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the festival’s grand finale in Osogbo, said the event gave them joy and a sense of belonging in the worship of the Osun goddess.

A Brazilian, Mrs Regina Alberto, said she was in Osun specifically for the Osun-Osogbo festival as a devotee of the Yoruba Orisa worship.

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NAN reports that Alberto is a member of the Odudua Worldwide Group, a Diaspora socio-cultural organisation committed to the promotion of Yoruba culture, tradition and worship.

No less than 50 members of the group were sighted at the sacred grove during Friday’s grand finale.

Alberto, who said this was her second outing at the festival, however, said that her group had been coming for the festival since 2011.

“I am from Brazil. I am with Odudua Brazil, which is part of Odudua Worldwide Group.

This is my second year of coming to the festival, but my group had been coming since 2011.

The Osun-Osogbo festival is very important to us because in Brazil we praise Orisa diety and being here and seeing everyone praying and worshipping, just like we try to do is so emotional.

The energy is so powerful, it is really hard not to cry,” she said.

Alberto said the understanding of her group that the source and worship point of the Osun goddess was located at the Osun-Osogbo grove spurred its interest in the festival.

She said the festival gave members of the visiting devotees joy to be in the company of indigenous devotees and others from around the world to celebrate the Osun goddess.

Also speaking with NAN, a German, Johannes Wollbold, said he was in Osun to study Yoruba culture and participate in the Osun-Osogbo festival.

Wollbold said the study would give him a comprehensive report on the lives and nature of Osogbo people.

Wollbold, who said he came from Weimer Germany, said he was working in partnership with Jungle Communication Centre (JCC) to study African philosophy vis-a-vis Yoruba culture.

He said he had been to Nigeria three times in the 90s but took part in Osun-Osogbo festival in 1995.

“I am here to study Yoruba /West African culture, the music, drumming, dancing and African philosophy.

The Yoruba culture is not individualistic, often the Yoruba celebrate together and the Osun festival brings people together.

The festival afforded me the opportunity to understand how the Yoruba people mix together, their contact with nature and harmony between nature and humans, and not forgetting their roots.

The Osun festival is joy of life. I see people in their everyday life, joyful and I love the celebration.

I like the Yoruba people. They are friendly. They are not individualistic. As a German-European, I will, however, like them to stay peaceful.

There is a senseless war in Europe between Russia and Ukraine which is crazy, so I will advise Nigerians to learn to settle their differences and stay peaceful,” he said.

(NAN)

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