Culture

Discover the quality of culture

EGÚNGÚN FESTIVAL

EGÚNGÚN FESTIVAL. This includes egungun àgbà, egungun pàràká, egungun ode (láyèwú), and egungun eléwe. Egungun is usually held once every two years in Omu-Aran and environs in remembrance of the ancestors.

EPA and ANGERE FESTIVAL

EPA and ANGERE FESTIVAL is also held in Omu-Aran within an interval of two years except at special occasions when angere comes out to entertain.

ÒGBÓ FESTIVAL

ÒGBÓ FESTIVAL (also called “Orugbo Festival”) is an openly held annual festival in Omu-Aran city to pay homage to OLOGBOMONA (Olomu Aperan) and to his goddess mother popularly called ÒMÙTÓTÓ (also known as “Ìyá Ògbó” or “Ìyá Àgbà”). This festival is popularly held in Omu-Aran (Igbomina Capital City) on behalf of the entire Igbomina-Yoruba land.

ALÁTÀ FESTIVAL

ALÁTÀ FESTIVAL is one of the traditional festivals that hold in Omu-Aran within a period of one to two years. Alata is a kind of masquerade made with palm fronds and ashes. Alata runs with a cane called “ÀTÒRÌN” in Yoruba. It pursues after some selected runners that dare it. Beating with canes is part of the festival (in which individuals present at the venue will engage each other in beating with the slash of a cane).

CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL is also one of the carnival-like annual festivals and is blissfully held in Omu-Aran. This is usually in the month of December. While Christians in Omu-Aran do host Christmas Festivals, Muslims in Omu-Aran similarly celebrate Ileya at Salah periods annually.