The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Thursday, flagged off the commencement of the 2024 Olojo Festival, revealing the event’s ancestral and spiritual significance.
Mr Ogunwusi said the celebration of the revered cultural event was held annually in the ancient city to celebrate the day of the first dawn.
“Olojo is the festival of dawn and the birth of the crown, ‘Ade Aare’, the crown of all crowns. The crown that gave birth to all crowns all over the world with all the colours of the rainbow. It is called the spectrum of rainbow crown.
“We are not idol worshipers; these are things our ancestors left for us that are working and will continue to work. These are things we should not joke about. It is our heritage. We should not compromise it with anything. It is created by nature, by God Almighty, who is the supreme being,” he said.
Mr Ogunwusi added, “Olojo is the time when the crown comes out for blessings. This is a crown that has life in it till date, right from time immemorial. The crown changes the weather. It does not see the atmosphere except once in a year, during Olojo festival.”
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