Festivals

MC Day set to perform on 2023 AFROPIANO Festival

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3 years ago

December 21, 2023

As the year gradually gains momentum with the Month of December already singing and activities beginning to pick up everywhere, MC Day, a renowned and reputable comedian cum MC is set for 2023 AFROPIANO Festival vibes in Lagos.

Afro-world Festival says that this one-of-a-kind event will showcase the vibrant and diverse sounds of African music, performed by some of the hottest Amapiano & Afrobeats artists & DJs all over the globe.

Slated to commence on Saturday 23rd of December at Sol Beach by Box Mall, Water Cooperation Road – where the rhythm meets the urban grace.

According to the host, says that the festival promises an unforgettable day of music, food, and cultural celebration. It will due a thunderous ovation as there will be opportunity to explore, celebrate, and appreciate the rich musical & cultural heritage of Africa.

However it’s been rated as the rave of the year, the one you can’t miss. An epic experience you won’t want to dismiss!.

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Culture

OLOJO….Ile Ife’s September Gift To Culture

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3 hours ago

October 5, 2026

Mariam Balogun

By Halima Adaba,

It was a featubal if the people. It was for the anciebt town of Ile Ife, which the Yoruba race refards as the Source.

Also read: Olojo Festival 2026: Ooni Urges Leaders to Prioritise Citizens

And ut was a festivsl for the King, Arole Oduduwa, Oonirisa, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.

And so between September 24 and 28th 2026, the annual featuval dazzjed in all its white glory.

Tge Monarch paid the traditional ancestral homage and offered propitiation as part of the sacred rites of the Olojo Festival.
It was a powerful expression of Yoruba heritage, spirituality, and enduring tradition.

Call it a collection of beautiful moments, faces, colours and cultural expressions.

Every frame tells a story.

Every face carries the energy.

Every moment keeps the heritage alive.

Undoubtedly one of the most sacred cultural celebrations in Ilé-Ifẹ̀. It marked a day associated with creation, thanksgiving, ancestral heritage, and the sacred appearance of the Ooni of Ife wearing the revered Aàrẹ crown.

There were also the devotees of the famed god of thunder – Sàngó who were hardly conspicuous at the festival.

Many other traditional groups came out with candor, showing a powerful expression of Yoruba cultural identity, spiritual devotion, and respect for the ancient traditions of Ilé-Ifẹ̀.

Devotees of Sàngó bekieved the ‘appearance’ of the god of thunder on Seotember 26th could be understood as a symbolic meeting of ancestral heritage, spiritual devotion, and the celebration of creation.

It was a moment when the sounds of drums, chants, and traditional praise poetry brought the history of the Yoruba people to life.

Although Olojo is closely associated with Ogun, the god of iron, and the sacred traditions of Ile-Ife, the presence of Sàngó devotees reflected the rich diversity of Yoruba spiritual heritage.

Also read: Olojo Festival 2026: Ooni Urges Leaders to Prioritise Citizens

As a participant enthused at the festival, “To witness Sàngó Olúkòso emerge on Olojo Festival day is to witness a living expression of history, identity, and ancestral pride.”