The entire Yoruba race would
converge in the ancient city of Ile-Ife
in October to join the Ooni of Ife,
Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuade,Olubuse 11, and the Ife people in the celebration
of Odun Oranmiyan for 2014. Odun Oranmiyan which has always been celebrated in
the ancient city since time immemorial is to commemorate the giant strides and
impacts of the sixth Ooni of Ile-Ife and founder of a number of dynasties in
Yorubaland.
The festival’s theme is ‘culture as a unifying
factor in nation building.’
Yoruba people and other Nigerians are enjoined
to attend to the programme that is packaged with various landmark events
specially designed for all shades of age grades in the ancient town where it is
believed that the first creation of man took place.
As an organisation committed to the
development of tourism in Nigeria, FLABSY Travels & Tours is the festival
consultant and has been mandated to explore all creative means to ensure that
through the festival celebrations, Oranmiyan Staff/cenotaph becomes a tourist
haven, enlisted in the calendar of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation
and the world tourism calendar thereby achieve a top-of-the-mind festival event
for Odun Oranmiyan and create awareness for Ife indigenes at home and abroad to
use the platform to drive cultural investment opportunities to Ile-Ife.
The socio-cultural festival
would be totally devoid of political affiliations or leanings such that every
Yoruba man would be eager to be part of the yearly event that will attract
corporate organisations that might use the festival opportunity to showcase
their products to achieve optimum mileage and revenue generation.
The significance of Odun
Oranmiyan cannot be over-emphasised, as it is a celebration of a deity and
warrior in Yorubaland.
