Osun-Osogbo festival: S’West youth charged to promote, showcase Yoruba culture

By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo

As the Tourists from Europe, America, Brazil gathered with Osun River devotees to celebrate Osun-Osogbo 2022 festival grand finale, the youth of the South West of Nigeria have been charged to promote their culture and showcase the value of the Yoruba race to the whole world.

Thousands of the local and international worshippers of Osun-Osogbo after leaving the Osun River groove gathered at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park in Osogbo, over the weekend to celebrate with fun fair, danced to different cultural performance, Fuji, Hip Hop artists sponsored by Trophy, Guinness Nigeria, Origin among others.

One of the participants who came from Ekiti state to celebrate the festival, Oluwatoyin Deniel said she was proud to hail from Yoruba region which she said is one of the best tribe in Africa with rich culture.

Oluwatoyin further said that she is always happy when sees foreigners came to celebrate the Yoruba culture.

“I am always happy whenever I see white people joining us to celebrate our culture here in Yoruba land. This is a sign that we valued and they appreciate our tradition. Me as a young lady I appreciate Yoruba culture that is why I do partake in it,” she said.

Flavor Oyinsore and Seun Ogunlana charged all stakeholders who are the custodian of Yoruba culture to always organise event that can attract youth to sustain the culture for the next generation.

According to them, it’s very important we sustained our culture so that our culture will not died.

“If we don’t promote our culture nobody will do it for us. It is very important we promote our culture and my appreciation goes everyone who make sure this continue.”

They noted that Yoruba race maintains the richest culture that can accommodate the heritage and the civilisation.

Also speaking, one of the Assistant Brand Manager, Mainstream Orijin, Guinness Nigeria, Roland Akpe, said that their companies are committed to supporting Nigerian communities with their culture.

Akpe further said that their company empowered some local artists with sum of N4,000,000 grant.