Soyinka Fetches Osun Water To Brazil

From left, Wole Soyinka,Ayodun,Adeyeye,Chairman Osun Tourism Investment Drive,Mr Abimbola Daniyan and others

To foster unity among adherents of  Osun deity, the Yoruba goddess of fresh waters and fertility, with Osun worshippers in the Caribbean, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday in Osogbo scooped the spiritual Osun River into a container with a view to transferring same to worshippers in Brazil. Read his words:

“I am taking Osun Osogbo water samples to Brazil to the Osun worshippers…We have a lot of Black people there and many of them are devotees of Osun, Sango, Obatala, Ogun, Yemoja and other deities…When I visited the worshippers in Brazil, I found out that they have preserved Yoruba culture, from the liturgies to some of the prayers and even the processions of the devotees. I saw the Iyalorisa of Osun. I saw a bowl of water, which was symbolic of Osun River and I promised them that I would bring them the actual water from Osun.”  

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The UNESCO Ambassador also says he visited the groove to inspect the conditions of the tourist sites, relics and natural resources within the groove