The Osun-Osogbo festival is held every August in the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, honouring Osun, the river goddess, and draws thousands of worshippers, spectators and visitors from around the world (Wikipedia).
- Type
- Festival
- Nature of the record
- Contemporary practice
- Category
- Festivals & ceremonies
- When observed
- Annually in August
- Current status
- Active
- Scope
- Community
The Osun-Osogbo festival is held every August in the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, honouring Osun, the river goddess, and draws thousands of worshippers, spectators and visitors from around the world (Wikipedia). Tradition holds that it is more than 700 years old: migrants led by the hunter Olutimehin settled by the Osun River, where the goddess appeared and promised to protect them in return for an annual sacrifice, and the people then founded Osogbo.
- Osun-Osogbo — Wikipedia · link
- Osogbo — Wikipedia · link
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Archive ID: CULT-OSUN-OSOGBO-FESTIVAL · Last updated 2 October 2026.
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