Ojude Oba festival is an ancient festival celebrated by the Yoruba people of Ijebu-Ode, a town in Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria. This annual festival usually takes place the third day after Eid al-Kabir (Ileya), to pay homage and show respect to the Royal Majesty, the Awujale of Ijebuland. It is one of the most spiritual and glamorous festivals celebrated in Ijebuland and generally in Ogun State as a whole.[1][2][3][4]
It is a festival whereby different cultural age groups are known as regberegbe, indigenes, their friends, and associates far and near 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.[5][6] Oba Adetona was the one that brought back the age groups in the 18th century[4] into the general acceptable phenomenon that is found among today's Ijebus, and this has become an integral part of the yearly Ojude Oba festival in Ijebu. The reason for the age groups was to bring development and progress to the community.[5]
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.[3][7]
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- ^ a b Fahm, Abdulgafar Olawale (2015). "Ijebu Ode's Ojude Oba Festival". SAGE Open. 5. doi:10.1177/2158244015574640. S2CID 147254314.
- ^ a b Anifowose, Titilayo (1 May 2020). "Cultural Heritage and Architecture: A Case of Ojude Oba in Ijebu Ode South-West, Nigeria" (PDF). Department of architecture, Faculty of Environmental Studies. International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering. 6 (5): 74–81. doi:10.31695/IJASRE.2020.33808. eISSN 2454-8006.
- ^ a b People, City (30 July 2018). "IJEBU Age Grade Groups Prepare For 2018 OJUDE OBA". City People Magazine. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "OJUDE –OBA FESTIVAL, IJEBU- ODE". Ogun State Government Official Website. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Fahm, Abdulgafar Olawale (2015). "Ijebu Ode's Ojude Oba Festival". SAGE Open. 5. doi:10.1177/2158244015574640. S2CID 147254314.
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