A traditionalist, the Obabinrin Yemoja of Lagos State, Abiola Osundemilade, Osuntoki has announced a date for a weeklong celebration tagged: Yemoja Afomidara Festival 2022 scheduled for 21st to 27th November at the Yemoja Afomidara Temple, Ikotun, Lagos.
The weeklong event according to a statement issued by the celebrant and made available to newsmen, will commence on Monday 21st of this month with Aje Festival while on Tuesday and Wednesday, deities such as Esu, Ogun, Sango and Oya, Obatala, Yemoja Olokun will be celebrated and On Thursday it will be the turn of Ifa and Ori.
A traditional worship vigil will be held on Friday 25th while worshipers will visit the river with calabash on Saturday 26th and on Sunday which is the grand-finale, Alh Abass Akande Obesere will be on ground to entertain guests that will be coming from all walks of live.
His Imperial Majesty, Onirisa Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi is expected to grace the event as the Grand Royal father of the day, according to the statement while His Divine Grace, Oba O.O.O Dada will be the grand spiritual father of the day.
The celebrant, Obabirin of Lagos who will also be celebrating her birthday during the traditional event, is a graduate of Business Administration from Olabisi Onabanjo Ogun State University, but has her temple in Ikotun, Lagos, where she delivers people from different from afflictions.
She said, “I was born into a Christian family but was born different with some special and great signs. I have been giving vision and delivering people from their afflictions right from when I was three years old.
“Our faith is based on Osun which is commonly called the River Orisa, or goddess, in the Yoruba religion and is typically associated with water, purity, fertility. Osun is considered one of the most powerful of all orisas, and, like other gods, she possesses human attributes such as vanity, jealousy”, she stated.
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