Osun-Osogbo Festival

E55738
annual event cultural festival religious festival

The Osun-Osogbo Festival is an annual sacred celebration in Osogbo, Nigeria, honoring the river goddess Osun with processions, rituals, and cultural performances central to Yoruba spiritual and cultural life.

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Label Occurrences
Osun-Osogbo Festival canonical 9

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annual event ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
associatedDeityDomain fertility ⓘ
love ⓘ
protection ⓘ
associatedDeityType river goddess ⓘ
associatedRiver Osun River ⓘ
associatedSite Osogbo ⓘ
surface form: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
attracts international visitors ⓘ
local visitors ⓘ
national visitors ⓘ
centralFigure Arugba ⓘ
Ataoja of Osogbo ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culture Yoruba culture ⓘ
duration two weeks ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasActivity art displays ⓘ
cultural exhibitions ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
masquerade displays ⓘ
traditional dance performances ⓘ
traditional music performances ⓘ
hasParticipantRole Arugba ⓘ
Ataoja of Osogbo ⓘ
Osun priestesses ⓘ
devotees of Osun ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
hasRitual cleansing rites ⓘ
prayers for fertility and protection ⓘ
procession to the Osun River ⓘ
sacrifices to Osun ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage event context ⓘ
heritageType intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
honorsDeity Osun State ⓘ
surface form: Osun
languageUsed Yoruba ⓘ
linkedTo Osogbo ⓘ
surface form: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove UNESCO World Heritage Site
locatedIn Osogbo ⓘ
Osun State ⓘ
Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Nigeria
mainVenue Osogbo ⓘ
surface form: Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
region Western Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Yorubaland
religion Yoruba religion ⓘ
significance important expression of Yoruba cultural identity ⓘ
major Yoruba spiritual event ⓘ
pilgrimage event for Osun devotees ⓘ
typicalMonth August ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yoruba → hasFestival → Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
Oshun → festival → Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
Osun State → traditionalFestival → Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
Osogbo → festival → Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
Osun River → religiousFestival → Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
Osun priestesses → associatedFestival → Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
Arugba → associatedWithFestival → Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
Ataoja of Osogbo → associatedWith → Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove → associatedWithFestival → Osun-Osogbo Festival ⓘ