The Igogo festival is held every September in Owo in honour of Queen Oronsen, in tradition a wife of Olowo Rerengejen who was secretly an orisha and who fled the palace when her taboos were broken (Wikipedia).
- Type
- Festival
- Nature of the record
- Contemporary practice
- Category
- Festivals & ceremonies
- When observed
- Annually in September
- Current status
- Active
- Scope
- Community
The Igogo festival is held every September in Owo in honour of Queen Oronsen, in tradition a wife of Olowo Rerengejen who was secretly an orisha and who fled the palace when her taboos were broken (Wikipedia). During the festival the Olowo and his high chiefs dress as women, with coral beads, beaded gowns and plaited hair, and headgear, drumming and gunfire are forbidden. Tradition holds that it began more than 600 years ago.
- Igogo festival — Wikipedia · link
- Olowo of Owo — Wikipedia · link
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Archive ID: CULT-IGOGO-FESTIVAL · Last updated 7 October 2026.
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