Festivals

Yoruba Cultural Festival 2025 in Abuja to champion peace, unity

Published

1 year ago

June 5, 2025

The Yoruba Community in Abuja announces its 2025 Cultural Festival, scheduled for June 21, aiming to promote peace, unity, and national development through a vibrant showcase of Yoruba heritage, traditions, and community engagement

The Yoruba Cultural Festival 2025 in Abuja is set to be a vibrant platform for promoting peace, unity, and national development, according to its organisers.

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This significant event aims to bring together Yoruba sons and daughters residing in Abuja and surrounding areas for a grand celebration of their rich heritage.

Mr. Abdulhakeem Adetunji, President of the Yoruba Community in Abuja, and Pastor Gabriel Oladabo, Chairman of the Organising Committee, announced that the festival is scheduled for June 21 at the Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development, Abuja.

“The festival seeks to reconnect with our cultural roots, showcase the beauty of our traditions, and foster unity, peace, and progress among our people,” they stated. This third edition promises to be a spectacular celebration of Yoruba heritage, culture, and unity.

Highlights of the event will include a captivating array of traditional music, rhythmic drumming, dynamic cultural dance performances, and an authentic Yoruba culinary experience. Attendees can also look forward to engaging craft exhibitions, elaborate fashion displays, intriguing folklore, and powerful oral poetry (Ewi).

Beyond entertainment, the programme will feature insightful panel discussions on critical topics such as Yoruba identity, youth empowerment, and cultural diplomacy, fostering meaningful dialogue within the community.

Other key segments include a majestic royal parade of Yoruba Obas and traditional rulers, as well as awards and recognition for individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Yoruba culture and development.

The organisers noted that this cultural convergence is designed to be a family-friendly, interactive experience aimed at educating, entertaining, and uniting all participants.

They further highlighted that the festival would offer valuable business exhibitions, networking opportunities, and enhanced brand visibility for partners and sponsors.

“We call on all Yoruba descendants, culture enthusiasts, media partners, businesses, and friends of Yoruba culture to be a part of this historic celebration,” the organisers urged.

Those interested in joining the Yoruba Community Database or supporting the event in any capacity are encouraged to call 08065656586 or 07030772400.

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Culture

OLOJO….Ile Ife’s September Gift To Culture

Published

3 days 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.

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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.

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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.”