Osogbo -The City, the People

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04d76ba3.gif"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.okonfo.com/yoruba.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.okonfo.com/yoruba.mp3"><U><IMG SRC="0f6f19d0.jpg" border=0 width="241" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></u></a></div> <div> The Kabiyesi, HRH, Oba Iyiola Matanmi III , once a year, leads his subjects and other Osun faithfuls to the Shrine to pay a special homage to the Osun goddess.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ccfabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The New Palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0cafabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A Carver's Workshop in Osogbo, Nigeria.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d8fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Otun Ajagunna of Osogbo, Chief B.A. Oparinde with the Eketa-Iyalode of Osogbo standing by the Wilmington(USA)/Osogbo sister-city local office in Osogbo.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04e76bc1egdyqn.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF9933" FACE="Arial" ><B>Welcome to Osogbocity Homepage</b></font><B>   |   </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to Osogbocity Homepage"><U><B>Home</b></u></a></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Osogbo city. 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Although the number of Churches and Mosques continues to increase, the ever-popular and crowd-pulling annual Osun Osogbo Festival shows that the people of Osogbo have preserved their cultural identity. On the festival day, both Muslims and Christians are found among the participants and the observants. </b></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Other traditional festivals include Egungun, Ifa, Sango, Oya etc. There are many historical monuments of note in Osogbo such as the Osun Shrine, the highly intriguing Osun Courtyard (Agbala Osun), Igbo Ipa, Idi Baba etc. </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Osogbo People and Arts</b></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="14c4f670.jpg" border=0 width="591" height="103" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Renowned artists like </b></font><A HREF="http://buraimoh.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://buraimoh.com"><U><B>Jimoh Buraimoh</b></u></a><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>, </b></font><A HREF="http://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_africanart_twin77.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.indigoarts.com/gallery_africa"><U><B>Chief "Twins 77"</b></u></a><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>, </b></font><A HREF="http://www.nikeart.com/store/nikeart_dynamicIndex.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nikeart.com/store/nikeart_dyn"><U><B>Nike</b></u></a><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> and </b></font><A HREF="http://www.okonfo.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.okonfo.com/"><U><B>Okonfo Rao Kawawa</b></u></a><B> </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>have their studios and art galleries in Osogbo. These people are artists of great international repute who specialize in mosaic art and bead painting, carving etc. All of them however have something in common, their successful career have all, at one point or the other, been directly influenced and imparted by the great artistic and naturally creative traditions of Osogbo. There are also a host of other renowned artists, stage actors and actresses, traditional African beat dancers -even younger up coming ones who have all had their bites in their unique professions right from a humble beginning in this specially endowed City of Osogbo. </b></font></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PLACES OF CULTURAL INTEREST </b></div> <div> <B>Notable among the many places of cultural entrancing interests in Osogbo are the Obafemi Awolowo University Museum at Popo Street , Susane Wenger's studio at Ibokun Road, the </b><A HREF="id22_osun_groove.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Gallery"><U><B>Osun groove</b></u></a><B>, the Ataoja's old and new palaces, several other scenic sites including burstling trading activities at Oja Oba or Orisunbare markets etc. </b></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.okonfo.com/yoruba1.ram" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.okonfo.com/yoruba1.ram"><U><B>Listen to a traditional dance song from Osogbo's Okonfo Rao Kawawa </b></u></a></div> <div> (WMP or Real audio required to play this file)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History of Osogbo"><U><B>Previous Page</b></u></a><B>                                   </b><A HREF="id19_m.htm" TITLE="Osogbo The City, the People"><U><B>Back to Top</b></u></a><B>                                      </b><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Investment Opportunities in Osogbo"><U><B>Next Page</b></u></a></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Osogbo city. 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