The highlight of the grand finale will see a votary maid (Arugba Osun), going to the river with a calabash filled with antiquities to worship the goddess of the river.
Below are photos from the venue of the annual festival:
A woman chief priest (m) offers pryers to worshipers at Osun shrine in the palace. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Pic 1 Daughters of Osun waiting to pray to their god at the Osun shrine at the palace. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Osun worshipers offers prayers to their god. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
A woman and her children sell prepare beeds for sell in front of the palace: Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Osun worshippers buys beeds in prepareration of the festival. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Worshippers at the shrine. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
An Osun worshipper during her prayers to the gods. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Osun worshippers pose for photograph ofter offering their their prayers at the palace. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
People waiting to pray. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
Osun worshippers at the shrine in the palace. Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
The lady that will carry the pot on her head is being escuted by women prists to the palace. ARUGBA GIRL: Photo: Emmanuel Osodi
