02/09/2025
🎉🔔IGOGO FESTIVAL 2025 🔔🎉
The people of Owo Kingdom, Ondo State, Nigeria, joyfully announce the commencement of the annual Igogo Festival, a celebration deeply rooted in tradition and history.
📅 Festival Dates:
Thursday, 4th September – Monday, 29th September, 2025
✨ What is the Igogo Festival?
The Igogo Festival is a 600-year-old Yoruba cultural celebration held in honor of Queen Oronsen, the mystical wife of King Rerengejen. She is remembered as a goddess (Orisha) who blessed Owo Kingdom with abundance and prosperity.
🎭 Key Highlights of the Festival
👑 Traditional attire:
The Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III, alongside his high chiefs, adorns elegant women’s attire — coral beads, beaded gowns, and plaited hair — symbolizing the queen’s enduring legacy.
🥁 Unique musical tradition:
Drums and gǔnshots are strictly forbidden. Instead, metal gongs echo through the kingdom, giving the festival its name "Igogo".
🌾 Cultural activities:
Rituals and festivities include the blessing of new yams, and ceremonies such as Utegi, Ugbabo, Uyanna, and Ugbate, which showcase the rich heritage of the Owo people.
🌹 Symbolic significance:
The festival is more than a celebration; it is a tribute to Queen Oronsen’s memory and a reaffirmation of Owo’s cultural identity.
📌 Why attend?
The Igogo Festival is a unique opportunity to witness royalty in rare attire, sacred traditions, and cultural performances that cannot be found anywhere else. It is a living testament to the resilience and beauty of Yoruba heritage.
📍 Location: Owo Kingdom, Ondo State
🗓️ Duration: 26 days of history, culture, and celebration
🔥 Come and experience the magic of Igogo Festival 2025, where tradition lives, culture speaks, and history breathes!